Tracing contacts to evaluate the transmission of COVID-19 from highly exposed individuals in public transportation

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We investigate, through a data-driven contact tracing model, the transmission of COVID-19 inside buses during distinct phases of the pandemic in a large Brazilian city. From this microscopic approach, we recover the networks of close contacts within consecutive time windows. A longitudinal comparison is then performed by upscaling the traced contacts with the transmission computed from a mean-field compartmental model for the entire city. Our results show that the effective reproduction numbers inside the buses, [Formula: see text], and in the city, [Formula: see text], followed a compatible behavior during the first wave of the local outbreak. Moreover, by distinguishing the close contacts of healthcare workers in the buses, we discovered that their transmission, [Formula: see text], during the same period, was systematically higher than [Formula: see text]. This result reinforces the need for special public transportation policies for highly exposed groups of people.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 11(2021), 1 vom: 27. Dez., Seite 24443

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ponte, Caio [VerfasserIn]
Carmona, Humberto A [VerfasserIn]
Oliveira, Erneson A [VerfasserIn]
Caminha, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Lima, Antonio S [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, José S [VerfasserIn]
Furtado, Vasco [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 05.01.2022

Date Revised 05.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-021-03998-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334976278