Effect of short-term school closures on the H1N1 pandemic in Japan: A comparative case study

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 549-556

  Uchida, M ^a   Tsukahara, T ^a   Kaneko, M ^a   Washizuka, S ^a   Kawa, S ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

H1N1; Influenza; School closure; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM SCHOOL CLOSURE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUARANTINE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85027949978     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0304-z     Document Type: Article

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