Developing guidelines for school closure interventions to be used during a future influenza pandemic

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Halder, Nilimesh ^a   Kelso, Joel K ^a   Milne, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTERVENTION STUDY; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CLOSURE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954873490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-221     Document Type: Article

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