Changes in social contact patterns in Germany during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – an analysis based on the COVIMOD study
Our study revealed fluctuations in the number of social contacts during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Germany, with substantial variations influenced by NPIs and individual factors. Understanding these factors affecting social contacts is vital for refining disease transmission models and informing future pandemic response strategies.
Authors
- Antonia Bartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-5036)
- Berit Lange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-9307)
- Vitaly Belik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3748-0071)
- Torben Heinsohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1175-2633)
- Christopher I Jarvis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-2446)
- Andrzej Jarynowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0949-6674)
- Nicole Rübsamen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2198-5577)
- Rafael Mikolajczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1271-7204)
- André Karch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-8543)
- Huynh Thi Phuong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2816-2752)
- Stefan Scholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-8829)
- Veronika K. Jaeger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6913-0976)
- Tom Berger
Institutions
- University of Münster (DE)
- Luther University (KR)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10917-3
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.58
Funders
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster