Social contact patterns among employees in 3 U.S. companies during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, April to June 2020

Moses C Kiti; Obianuju G Aguolu; Carol Y Liu; Ana R Mesa; Rachel Regina; Meaghan Woody; Kathryn Willebrand; Chandra Couzens; Tilman Bartelsmeyer; Kristin N Nelson; Samuel Jenness; Steven Riley; Alessia Melegaro; Faruque Ahmed; Fauzia Malik; Ben A Lopman; Saad B Omer

doi:10.1016/j.epidem.2021.100481

Social contact patterns among employees in 3 U.S. companies during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, April to June 2020

Epidemics. 2021 Sep:36:100481. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2021.100481. Epub 2021 Jun 17.

Authors

Moses C Kiti¹, Obianuju G Aguolu², Carol Y Liu³, Ana R Mesa³, Rachel Regina³, Meaghan Woody³, Kathryn Willebrand², Chandra Couzens², Tilman Bartelsmeyer², Kristin N Nelson³, Samuel Jenness³, Steven Riley⁴, Alessia Melegaro⁵, Faruque Ahmed⁶, Fauzia Malik², Ben A Lopman³, Saad B Omer²

Affiliations

¹ Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: mkiti@emory.edu.
² Yale University, CT, USA.
³ Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁵ Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Abstract

We measured contact patterns using online diaries for 304 employees of 3 U.S. companies working remotely. The median number of daily contacts was 2 (IQR 1-4); majority were conversation (55 %), occurred at home (64 %) and lasted >4 h (38 %). These data are crucial for modeling outbreak control among the workforces.

Keywords: Infectious diseases; Social contact patterns; Social contact surveys; Social mixing.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2

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