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Patients infected with HIV are at risk for BMD alterations and lower vitamin D serum concentrations; both of these variables should be evaluated at routine examinations in order to improve both prevention and therapeutic planning.

We also find that regardless of which occupation is vaccinated first, vaccinating those with many contacts to other individuals or randomly chosen individuals is inferior to vaccinating those with large so-called betweenness centrality, which measures how much an individual mediates communication between individuals. These results stem from the hierarchical and modular structure of the contact network of the hospital, in which dense substructure such as departments, wards, and rooms are globally but only loosely connected.Conclusion: This study sheds light on the effect of network structure on nosocomial infection. By removing shortcuts between wards, which are owned by doctors, it is possible to reduce the risk of nosocomial outbreaks.

We also find that regardless of which occupation is vaccinated first, vaccinating those with many contacts to other individuals or randomly chosen individuals is inferior to vaccinating those with large so-called betweenness centrality, which measures how much an individual mediates communication between individuals. These results stem from the hierarchical and modular structure of the contact network of the hospital, in which dense substructure such as departments, wards, and rooms are globally but only loosely connected.Conclusion: This study sheds light on the effect of network structure on nosocomial infection. By removing shortcuts between wards, which are owned by doctors, it is possible to reduce the risk of nosocomial outbreaks.