Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan

Guidelines available to school administrators to support school closure decisions during influenza outbreaks are usually not evidence-based. Using empirical data on absentee rates of elementary school students in Japan, we developed a simple and practical algorithm for determining the optimal timing...

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Autores principales: Sasaki, Asami, Hoen, Anne Gatewood, Ozonoff, Al, Suzuki, Hiroshi, Tanabe, Naohito, Seki, Nao, Saito, Reiko, Brownstein, John S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19791880
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090798
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Sumario:Guidelines available to school administrators to support school closure decisions during influenza outbreaks are usually not evidence-based. Using empirical data on absentee rates of elementary school students in Japan, we developed a simple and practical algorithm for determining the optimal timing of school closures for control of influenza outbreaks.

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