Month: November 2021

A dynamic microsimulation model for epidemics

Fiona Spooner, et al.

Social Science & Medicine Volume 291, December 2021, 114461

• A microsimulation framework for modelling disease transmission within communities.

• Integration of data from multiple, diverse sources to estimate exposure and risk.

• Computationally efficient implementation allows rapid assessment of scenarios.

• Allows the effects of different non-pharmaceutical interventions to be assessed.

• Results show substantial reduction in infections associated with earlier UK lockdown.

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