Journal article
Effects of school closure on incidence of pandemic influenza in Alberta, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Control of pandemic influenza by social-distancing measures, such as school closures, is a controversial aspect of pandemic planning. However, investigations of the extent to which these measures actually affect the progression of a pandemic have been limited.
OBJECTIVE: To examine correlations between the incidence of pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza in Alberta, Canada, in 2009 and school closures or weather changes, and to estimate …
Authors
Earn DJD; He D; Loeb MB; Fonseca K; Lee BE; Dushoff J
Journal
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 156, No. 3, pp. 173–181
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Publication Date
February 7, 2012
DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-156-3-201202070-00005
ISSN
1056-8751