Giuseppe
Emeritus
Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan (Emerg Infect Dis., abstract, edited)
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DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090798
Suggested citation for this article: Sasaki A, Gatewood A, Ozonoff A, Suzuki H, Tanabe N, Seki N, et al. Evidenced-based tool for triggering school closures during influenza outbreaks, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov; [Epub ahead of print]
Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
Asami Sasaki, Anne Gatewood, Al Ozonoff, Hiroshi Suzuki, Naohito Tanabe, Nao Seki, Reiko Saito, and John S. Brownstein
Author affiliations: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (A. Sasaki); University of Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Japan (A. Sasaki); Children?s Hospital, Boston (A. Gatewood, J.S. Brownstein); Harvard Medical School, Boston (A. Gatewood, J.S. Brownstein); Boston University School of Public Health, Boston (A. Ozonoff); and Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata (H. Suzuki, M. Tamabe, N. Seki, R. Saito)
Guidelines available to school administrators to support school closure decisions during influenza outbreaks are usually not evidence-based. Using empirical data on absentee rates of elementary school students in Japan, we developed a simple and practical algorithm for determining the optimal timing of school closures for control of influenza outbreaks.
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[Source Full PDF Document: LINK. EDITED.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090798
Suggested citation for this article: Sasaki A, Gatewood A, Ozonoff A, Suzuki H, Tanabe N, Seki N, et al. Evidenced-based tool for triggering school closures during influenza outbreaks, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov; [Epub ahead of print]
Evidence-based Tool for Triggering School Closures during Influenza Outbreaks, Japan
Asami Sasaki, Anne Gatewood, Al Ozonoff, Hiroshi Suzuki, Naohito Tanabe, Nao Seki, Reiko Saito, and John S. Brownstein
Author affiliations: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (A. Sasaki); University of Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Japan (A. Sasaki); Children?s Hospital, Boston (A. Gatewood, J.S. Brownstein); Harvard Medical School, Boston (A. Gatewood, J.S. Brownstein); Boston University School of Public Health, Boston (A. Ozonoff); and Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata (H. Suzuki, M. Tamabe, N. Seki, R. Saito)
Guidelines available to school administrators to support school closure decisions during influenza outbreaks are usually not evidence-based. Using empirical data on absentee rates of elementary school students in Japan, we developed a simple and practical algorithm for determining the optimal timing of school closures for control of influenza outbreaks.
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