School Closure and Mitigation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong
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- 1 March 2010
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 16 (3) , 538-541
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091216
Abstract
In Hong Kong, kindergartens and primary schools were closed when local transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was identified. Secondary schools closed for summer vacation shortly afterwards. By fitting a model of reporting and transmission to case data, we estimated that transmission was reduced ≈25% when secondary schools closed.Keywords
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