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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ali, Sheikh Taslim ; Cowling, Benjamin J. ; Lau, Eric H.Y. ; Fang, Vicky J. ; Leung, Gabriel M.
• Description:
  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 effectively reduce influenza illnesses.
• Subjects:
  Dispatch Epidemic Influenza Influenza B Intervention Mitigation Of Influenza B Epidemic With School Closures, Hong Kong, 2018 Outbreaks Public Health Respiratory Infections School Closure School Outbreaks Transmission Viruses Yamagata

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(11):2071-2073
• Pubmed ID:
  30334723
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6200008
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 GM088558/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Hong Kong
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4c1d4b1131547ec72e33c65984bf3f01e74c71a5a60728b5f81de94c4f20e3aa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60396/cdc_60396_DS1.pdf
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