Fig. 6: Schematic to demonstrate the principle of a network of schools linked by households. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Schematic to demonstrate the principle of a network of schools linked by households.

From: Implications of the school-household network structure on SARS-CoV-2 transmission under school reopening strategies in England

Fig. 6

a A network of schools constructed such that schools are connected when contact is made between pupils of different schools within a household. b The strength of contact between schools is quantified by calculating the number of unique contact pairs (one child in each school). The number of pairs per household is the product of the number of children who attend school i and the number of children who attend school j. The total number of unique pairs is the sum of unique pairs over all, N, households, k, with children attending both school i and j.

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