School Closure and Mitigation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, kindergartens and primary schools were closed when local transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was identified. Secondary schools closed for summer vacation shortly afterwards. By fitting a model of reporting and transmission to case data, we estimated that transmission was reduced ≈25%...

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Autores principales: Wu, Joseph T., Cowling, Benjamin J., Lau, Eric H.Y., Ip, Dennis K.M., Ho, Lai-Ming, Tsang, Thomas, Chuang, Shuk-Kwan, Leung, Pak-Yin, Lo, Su-Vui, Liu, Shao-Haei, Riley, Steven
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202441
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091216
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author Wu, Joseph T.
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Lau, Eric H.Y.
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Lo, Su-Vui
Liu, Shao-Haei
Riley, Steven
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Cowling, Benjamin J.
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description In Hong Kong, kindergartens and primary schools were closed when local transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was identified. Secondary schools closed for summer vacation shortly afterwards. By fitting a model of reporting and transmission to case data, we estimated that transmission was reduced ≈25% when secondary schools closed.
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spelling pubmed-32063962011-11-02 School Closure and Mitigation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong Wu, Joseph T. Cowling, Benjamin J. Lau, Eric H.Y. Ip, Dennis K.M. Ho, Lai-Ming Tsang, Thomas Chuang, Shuk-Kwan Leung, Pak-Yin Lo, Su-Vui Liu, Shao-Haei Riley, Steven Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In Hong Kong, kindergartens and primary schools were closed when local transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was identified. Secondary schools closed for summer vacation shortly afterwards. By fitting a model of reporting and transmission to case data, we estimated that transmission was reduced ≈25% when secondary schools closed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3206396/ /pubmed/20202441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091216 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.
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Wu, Joseph T.
Cowling, Benjamin J.
Lau, Eric H.Y.
Ip, Dennis K.M.
Ho, Lai-Ming
Tsang, Thomas
Chuang, Shuk-Kwan
Leung, Pak-Yin
Lo, Su-Vui
Liu, Shao-Haei
Riley, Steven
School Closure and Mitigation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong
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title_short School Closure and Mitigation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong
title_sort school closure and mitigation of pandemic (h1n1) 2009, hong kong
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202441
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