Population Mobility and Aging Accelerate the Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the Deep South: A County-Level Longitudinal Analysis.

Chengbo Zeng Jiajia ZhangZhenlong LiXiaowen SunXueying Yang Bankole OlatosiSharon WeissmanXiaoming Li

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

Population mobility and aging at local areas contributed to the geospatial disparities in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission among 418 counties in the Deep South. In predicting the incidence of COVID-19, a significant interaction was found between mobility and the proportion of older adults. Effective disease control measures should be tailored to vulnerable communities.

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