Model-Based Comprehensive Analysis of School Closure Policies for Mitigating Influenza Epidemics and Pandemics.

School closure policies are among the non-pharmaceutical measures taken into consideration to mitigate influenza epidemics and pandemics spread. However, a systematic review of the effectiveness of alternative closure policies has yet to emerge. Here we perform a model-based analysis of four types o...

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Main Authors: Laura Fumanelli, Marco Ajelli, Stefano Merler, Neil M Ferguson, Simon Cauchemez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4721867?pdf=render