Effectiveness of a School District Closure for Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) on Acute Respiratory Illnesses in the Community: A Natural Experiment | Zendy

Daphne Copeland | Zendy; Ricardo BasurtoDávila | Zendy; Wendy Chung | Zendy; Anita Kurian | Zendy; Daniel B. Fishbein | Zendy; Paige Szymanowski | Zendy; Jennifer Zipprich | Zendy; Harvey Lipman | Zendy; Martín S. Cetron | Zendy; Martin I. Meltzer | Zendy; Francisco Averhoff | Zendy

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Effectiveness of a School District Closure for Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) on Acute Respiratory Illnesses in the Community: A Natural Experiment

Author(s) -

Daphne Copeland,

Ricardo BasurtoDávila,

Wendy Chung,

Anita Kurian,

Daniel B. Fishbein,

Paige Szymanowski,

Jennifer Zipprich,

Harvey Lipman,

Martín S. Cetron,

Martin I. Meltzer,

Francisco Averhoff

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis890

Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , demography , public health , pediatrics , covid-19 , nursing , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Following detection of pandemic influenza A H1N1 (pH1N1) in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, a school district (intervention community, [IC]) closed all public schools for 8 days to reduce transmission. Nearby school districts (control community [CC]) mostly remained open.

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