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High vaccination coverage is associated with low epidemic level of seasonal influenza in elementary schools: an observational study in Matsumoto City, Japan

BACKGROUND: Influenza virus transmission may be prevented by infection control measures, including vaccination, wearing a mask, gargling with water, and hand washing. It is unclear, however, whether these measures affect influenza epidemics in school settings. METHODS: A prospective epidemiological...

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Autores principales: Uchida, Mitsuo, Kaneko, Minoru, Hidaka, Yoshihiko, Yamamoto, Hiroshi, Honda, Takayuki, Takeuchi, Shouhei, Saito, Masaya, Kawa, Shigeyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29534676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3025-9