Figure 1

Simplified graphic illustration of the network model concept. The solid black dots represent individuals in the population, whereas the quadratic boxes are households, and the rectangles illustrates DCC and school, respectively. Individuals within same household have contact with each other, whereas individuals within same DCC or school have contact with each other only if they belong to the same day-care group or class. Disease transmission can only occur via edges, i.e., contacts, between vertices, i.e., individuals. The edges are bidirectional, i.e., disease may be transmitted in both directions.