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Assessment of intervention strategies against a novel influenza epidemic using an individual-based model

Author(s) -

Tomoko Morimoto,

Hirofumi Ishikawa

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

environmental health and preventive medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813

H-Index - 40

eISSN - 1347-4715

pISSN - 1342-078X

DOI - 10.1007/s12199-009-0122-9

Subject(s) - psychological intervention , medicine , epidemiology , outbreak , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , intervention (counseling) , casual , demography , virology , computer science , telecommunications , materials science , psychiatry , sociology , composite material

The objective of this study was to assess intervention strategies against a novel influenza epidemic through simulations of various scenarios in Sapporo city, Hokkaido, Japan. A series of interventions were examined: administration of antiviral drugs by two approaches [targeted antiviral prophylaxis (TAP) and school-age targeted antiviral prophylaxis (STAP)], school closure, restraint, and combinations of these four interventions.

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