Mathematical models of infection transmission in healthcare settings: recent advances from the use of network

Rania Assab1, Narimane Nekkab, Pascal Crépey

  • 1aLaboratoire MESuRS, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris bUnité PACRI, Institut Pasteur, Paris cDépartement d'Epidémiologie et de Biostatistiques, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, Rennes dUMR IRD 190, INSERM, EHESP, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille eUPRES-EA 7449 REPERES, Recherche en Pharmaco-Epidémiologie et Recours aux Soins, EHESP, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes fCentre de prévention des infections associées aux soins (C-CLIN), APHP, Paris gUniversité Versailles St Quentin, Versailles hInstitut Pasteur, Paris iINSERM UMR1181, B2PHI jUnité Fonctionnelle de Santé Publique, APHP, Hôpital Raymond-Poincare, Garches, Paris France.

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