Contact network analysis of patients with Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia - Based on 237 cases in Shaanxi Province
Abstract The spread of novel coronavirus is closely related to the structure of human social networks. Based on 237 cases in Shaanxi Province, using epidemiological retrospective statistics, data visualization, and social network analysis methods, this paper summarized characteristics of patients with new coronary pneumonia in Shaanxi Province, and analyzes these patients’ dynamic contact network structure. The study found that there are many clustered infections through strong ties, about one-third cases are caused by relatives' infection. In the early stages of the epidemic, it was mainly imported cases, and in the later stages, it was mainly local infection cases. The infected people were mainly middle-aged men. Symptoms of imported cases occurred on average 3 days after they arrived, and medical measures were taken on average 5 days later. All cases showed symptoms in less than 2 days on average and were then taken to medical treatment. The virus contact network can be divided into multiple disconnected components. The largest component has 12 patients. The average degree centrality in the network is 0.987. The average betweenness degree is 0. The average closeness degree is 0.452. The average PageRank index is 0.0042. The number of contacts of patients is unevenly distributed in the network.