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School Closure and Mitigation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong

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Journal Emerg Infect Dis
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2010 Mar 6
PMID 20202441
Citations 133
Authors
Joseph T Wu
Benjamin J Cowling
Eric H Y Lau
Dennis K M Ip
Lai-Ming Ho
Thomas Tsang
Shuk-Kwan Chuang
Pak-Yin Leung
Su-Vui Lo
Shao-Haei Liu
Steven Riley
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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 approximately 25% when secondary schools closed.

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