Communications Physics (Nov 2022)
Use of temporal contact graphs to understand the evolution of COVID-19 through contact tracing data
- Mincheng Wu,
- Chao Li,
- Zhangchong Shen,
- Shibo He,
- Lingling Tang,
- Jie Zheng,
- Yi Fang,
- Kehan Li,
- Yanggang Cheng,
- Zhiguo Shi,
- Guoping Sheng,
- Yu Liu,
- Jinxing Zhu,
- Xinjiang Ye,
- Jinlai Chen,
- Wenrong Chen,
- Lanjuan Li,
- Youxian Sun,
- Jiming Chen
Affiliations
- Mincheng Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University
- Chao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University
- Zhangchong Shen
- College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Shibo He
- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University
- Lingling Tang
- Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital Affiliated to Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University
- Jie Zheng
- Zhejiang Institute of Medical-care Information Technology
- Yi Fang
- Westlake Institute for Data Intelligence
- Kehan Li
- College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Yanggang Cheng
- College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Zhiguo Shi
- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Guoping Sheng
- Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital Affiliated to Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University
- Yu Liu
- Westlake Institute for Data Intelligence
- Jinxing Zhu
- Westlake Institute for Data Intelligence
- Xinjiang Ye
- Westlake Institute for Data Intelligence
- Jinlai Chen
- Westlake Institute for Data Intelligence
- Wenrong Chen
- Westlake Institute for Data Intelligence
- Lanjuan Li
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University
- Youxian Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University
- Jiming Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-01045-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Contact tracing using mobile phones has been a strategy used by many countries to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here, the authors use location-related phone data from Wuhan to construct a temporal contact graph and demonstrate a strong correlation between contacts level and epidemic size, thus justifying the effectiveness of the approach.
