The effect of school closure on hand, foot, and mouth disease transmission in Singapore: A modeling approach

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1625-1632

  Chen, Yirong ^a   Badaruddin, Hishamuddin ^b   Lee, Vernon J ^a,b   Cutter, Jeffery ^a,b   Cook, Alex R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CLOSURE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SINGAPORE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 85058150791     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0099     Document Type: Article

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