Modelling the impact of local reactive school closures on critical care provision during an influenza pandemic

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1719, 2011, Pages 2753-2760

  House, Thomas ^a   Baguelin, Marc ^b,d   van Hoek, Albert Jan ^b   White, Peter J ^b,c   Sadique, Zia ^d   Eames, Ken ^d   Read, Jonathan M ^e   Hens, Niel ^f,g   Melegaro, Alessia ^h   Edmunds, W John ^b,d   Keeling, Matt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^h BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Influenza; Intensive care unit; Modelling; Pandemic; Schools

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFLUENZA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANDEMICS; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80051540924     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2688     Document Type: Article

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