Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
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Volume 18, Number 8?August 2012
Letter
Usefulness of School Absenteeism Data for Predicting Influenza Outbreaks, United States
To the Editor:
School closure has been proposed as a strategy for slowing transmission of pandemic influenza. Studies of influenza A(H1N1)pdm 2009 (pH1N1) suggested that early and sustained school closure might effectively reduce communitywide influenza transmission. However, empirical evidence identifying the optimal timing of school closures to effectively reduce disease transmission after an outbreak occurs is limited.
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-Letter
Usefulness of School Absenteeism Data for Predicting Influenza Outbreaks, United States
To the Editor:
School closure has been proposed as a strategy for slowing transmission of pandemic influenza. Studies of influenza A(H1N1)pdm 2009 (pH1N1) suggested that early and sustained school closure might effectively reduce communitywide influenza transmission. However, empirical evidence identifying the optimal timing of school closures to effectively reduce disease transmission after an outbreak occurs is limited.
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