The effects of school closures on influenza outbreaks and pandemics: systematic review of simulation studies.

School closure is a potential intervention during an influenza pandemic and has been investigated in many modelling studies.To systematically review the effects of school closure on influenza outbreaks as predicted by simulation studies.We searched Medline and Embase for relevant modelling studies p...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Jackson, Punam Mangtani, Jeremy Hawker, Babatunde Olowokure, Emilia Vynnycky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4022492?pdf=render