The effect of reactive school closure on community influenza-like illness counts in the State of Michigan during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e90-e97

  Davis, Brian M ^a   Markel, Howard ^b   Navarro, Alex ^b   Wells, Eden ^a   Monto, Arnold S ^a   Aiello, Allison E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Influenza like illness; Nonpharmaceutical interventions; School closure

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT EDUCATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICHIGAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CLOSURE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MICHIGAN; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84958696096     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ182     Document Type: Article

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