On the evolution of the company we keep: Implications for infectious disease modeling

Joël Mossong

PLOS Medicine, 2026, vol. 23, issue 5, 1-3

Abstract: Whom we meet shapes how infections spread. Where earlier focus of mathematical epidemiology was on incorporating age, more recent work has begun to reveal the importance of socioeconomic aspects for understanding and managing future epidemics.In this Perspective, Joël Mossong discusses the importance of understanding social contacts and how they have evolved for infectious disease modeling, and the need to factor in additional considerations such as ethic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Date: 2026
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