The impact of school closures on pandemic influenza:Assessing potential repercussions using a seasonal SIR model
When a new pandemic influenza strain has been identified, mass-production of vaccines can take several months, andantiviral drugs are expensive and usually in short supply.Social distancing measures, such as school closures, thus seem an attractive means to mitigate disease spread.However, the trans...
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Main Authors: | Sherry Towers, Katia Vogt Geisse, Chia-Chun Tsai, Qing Han, Zhilan Feng |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2012-02-01
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Series: | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
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Online Access: | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2012.9.413 |
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