Improving mobility data for infectious disease research

Kostandova, Natalya and Corgel, Ronan and Bansal, Shweta and Bérubé, Sophie and Cleary, Eimear and Hansen, Chelsea and Hitchings, Matt D. T. and García-Carreras, Bernardo and Gardner, Lauren and Kraemer, Moritz U. G. and Lai, Shengjie and Li, Yao and Perofsky, Amanda C. and Pullano, Giulia and Read, Jonathan M. and Ribeiro dos Santos, Gabriel and Salje, Henrik and Takahashi, Saki and Viboud, Cécile and Wang, Jasmine and Cummings, Derek A. T. and Wesolowski, Amy (2025) Improving mobility data for infectious disease research. Nature Human Behaviour: 489. ISSN 2397-3374

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Abstract

Mobility data can help to reconstruct infectious disease dynamics and tailor control and elimination measures. We describe three challenges and opportunities to improve our understanding of human mobility for infectious disease research. We call for simulation and modelling, reporting guidelines and investment in data repositories.