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The Effect of School Closure on Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Transmission in Singapore: A Modeling Approach

Singapore implements a school closure policy for institutional hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks, but there is a lack of empirical evidence on the effect of closure on HFMD transmission. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 197,207 cases of HFMD over the period 2003–2012 at the nati...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yirong, Badaruddin, Hishamuddin, Lee, Vernon J., Cutter, Jeffery, Cook, Alex R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6283473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30350767
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0099