Modeling the effect of school closures in a pandemic scenario: Exploring two different contact matrices

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages S58-S63

  Fung, Isaac Chun Hai ^a,b   Gambhir, Manoj ^b,c,d   Glasser, John W ^b   Gao, Hongjiang ^b   Washington, Michael L ^b,e   Uzicanin, Amra ^b   Meltzer, Martin I ^b,e  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Ihrc Inc   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

athematical model; influenza; social distancing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CLOSURE; UNITED STATES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PANDEMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PANDEMICS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928963665     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ086     Document Type: Article

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