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1. Effects of School Closures, 2008 Winter Influenza Season, Hong Kong.

Author

Cowling, Benjamin J., Lau, Eric H. Y., Lam, Conrad L. H., Cheng, Calvin K. Y., Kovar, Jana, Kwok Hung Chan, Peiris, J. S. Malik, and Leung, Gabriel M.

Subjects
SCHOOL closings, INFLUENZA, SEASONAL variations of diseases, JUVENILE diseases, CHILD mortality
Abstract

In winter 2008, kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong were closed for 2 weeks after media coverage indicated that 3 children had died, apparently from influenza. We examined prospective influenza surveillance data before, during, and after the closure. We did not find a substantial effect on community transmission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2008
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