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As mentioned in Sect. 3.5.2, the transmission process of an infection is governed by the mixing patterns in the population. In dynamic models of infectious disease transmission, typically various mixing patterns are imposed by the configuration of the so-called Who-Acquires-Infection-From-Whom matrix (WAIFW). In this chapter, we briefly summarize how transmission parameters can be estimated from serological data. We elaborate on the traditional approach as described by Anderson and May (1991) using the techniques of Farrington and Whitaker (2005).
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Hens, N., Shkedy, Z., Aerts, M., Faes, C., Van Damme, P., Beutels, P. (2012). Who Acquires Infection from Whom? The Traditional Approach. In: Modeling Infectious Disease Parameters Based on Serological and Social Contact Data. Statistics for Biology and Health, vol 63. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4072-7_14
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