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.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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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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author Sasaki, Asami
Hoen, Anne Gatewood
Ozonoff, Al
Suzuki, Hiroshi
Tanabe, Naohito
Seki, Nao
Saito, Reiko
Brownstein, John S.
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Hoen, Anne Gatewood
Ozonoff, Al
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Tanabe, Naohito
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Saito, Reiko
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description 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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spelling pubmed-28572482010-05-06 Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan Sasaki, Asami Hoen, Anne Gatewood Ozonoff, Al Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanabe, Naohito Seki, Nao Saito, Reiko Brownstein, John S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2857248/ /pubmed/19791880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090798 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Sasaki, Asami
Hoen, Anne Gatewood
Ozonoff, Al
Suzuki, Hiroshi
Tanabe, Naohito
Seki, Nao
Saito, Reiko
Brownstein, John S.
Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
title Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
title_full Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
title_fullStr Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
title_short Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
title_sort evidence-based tool for triggering school closures during influenza outbreaks, japan
topic Dispatch
url 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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