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Editor, Senior Moderator
Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2012 May-Jun;(3):113-23.
[Epidemiologic and economic effectiveness of school closure during influenza epidemics and pandemics].
[Article in Russian]
[No authors listed]
Abstract
Epidemiologic and economic effectiveness of school closure during influenza epidemics and pandemics is discussed. Optimal effect of school closure is observed when this measure is taken at the start of the epidemic or pandemic and for a sufficiently long time. School closure during high morbidity among schoolchildren, in the middle (at the peak) and by the end of epidemic or pandemic does not influence significantly the spread of influenza or morbidity. Significant economic losses and other negative consequences of school closure are noted. School closure may be the most appropriate during the emergence of influenza pandemic when the pandemic vaccine is not yet available, however timely mass immunization of schoolchildren against influenza may be a more appropriate measure than school closure for the reduction of influenza morbidity and spread during seasonal influenza epidemics.
PMID:
22830286
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22830286
[Epidemiologic and economic effectiveness of school closure during influenza epidemics and pandemics].
[Article in Russian]
[No authors listed]
Abstract
Epidemiologic and economic effectiveness of school closure during influenza epidemics and pandemics is discussed. Optimal effect of school closure is observed when this measure is taken at the start of the epidemic or pandemic and for a sufficiently long time. School closure during high morbidity among schoolchildren, in the middle (at the peak) and by the end of epidemic or pandemic does not influence significantly the spread of influenza or morbidity. Significant economic losses and other negative consequences of school closure are noted. School closure may be the most appropriate during the emergence of influenza pandemic when the pandemic vaccine is not yet available, however timely mass immunization of schoolchildren against influenza may be a more appropriate measure than school closure for the reduction of influenza morbidity and spread during seasonal influenza epidemics.
PMID:
22830286
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22830286