Mitigation of Influenza B Epidemic with School Closures, Hong Kong, 2018

In winter 2018, schools in Hong Kong were closed 1 week before the scheduled Chinese New Year holiday to mitigate an influenza B virus epidemic. The intervention occurred after the epidemic peak and reduced overall incidence by ≈4.2%. School-based vaccination programs should be implemented to more e...

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Published in:Emerg Infect Dis
Main Authors: Ali, Sheikh Taslim, Cowling, Benjamin J., Lau, Eric H.Y., Fang, Vicky J., Leung, Gabriel M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Dispatch
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200008/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334723
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180612
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