Studying COVID-19 transmission in US state prisons using an agent-based modelling approach: a simulation study
The findings of this study better quantify how spatial contact networks and facility-level characteristics unique to congregate living facilities can be used to predict infectious disease spread. Our approach also highlights the need for increased vaccination efforts and potential capacity reductions to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in prisons.
Authors
- Lauren Brinkley‐Rubinstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-6240)
- Mike Dolan Fliss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3194-7171)
- Allison Lydia Owens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3253-2850)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina Health Care (US)
- Duke University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104621
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00