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Modeling the Effect of School Closures in a Pandemic Scenario: Exploring Two Different Contact Matrices
Author(s) -
Isaac ChunHai Fung,
Manoj Gambhir,
John W. Glasser,
Hongjiang Gao,
Michael L. Washington,
Amra Uzicanin,
Martin I. Meltzer
Publication year - 2015
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/civ086
Subject(s) - medicine , closure (psychology) , pandemic , attack rate , vaccination , transmission (telecommunications) , population , demography , h1n1 pandemic , pediatrics , covid-19 , virology , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , engineering , sociology , economics , electrical engineering , market economy
School closures may delay the epidemic peak of the next influenza pandemic, but whether school closure can delay the peak until pandemic vaccine is ready to be deployed is uncertain.

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