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The effect of local extended families in epidemics: the case of COVID-19 deaths in the US

2025-08-13

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Do extended family members that live near each other significantly affect the dynamics of large respiratory infectious disease outbreaks? While current epidemiological consensus recognizes household family as relevant, extended family (kin) groups are not viewed as playing an especial role, disregarding evidence of the frequent and unique support they provide each other. Indeed, if extended family was relevant, th...

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Literature Corpus work: e83a5225-9b4f-5cb6-8450-49d386e516c6
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.12.25333440

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