Method for Measuring Individual Entities' Infectivity and Susceptibility in Contagion

摘要

Measurements of individual-level infectivity, susceptibility and baseline infection risk to biological or social contagion are made for large number of entities from their contact relation, sequential infection occurrences and environmental data, using computer implemented MCMC for a Bayesian estimation of an integrative latent trait response model. The method is useful for precise and efficient contagion control and prevention.