School dismissal as a pandemic influenza response: When, where and for how long?

Epidemics

Volumn 28, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Germann, Timothy C ^a   Gao, Hongjiang ^b   Gambhir, Manoj ^c,d   Plummer, Andrew ^b   Biggerstaff, Matthew ^c   Reed, Carrie ^c   Uzicanin, Amra ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EpiCast; Pandemic influenza; School dismissal; Stochastic individual based model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORBIDITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POLICY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85067428556     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2019.100348     Document Type: Article

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