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- Title
Rates of Influenza-like Illness and Winter School Breaks, Chile, 2004-2010.
- Authors
Chowell, Gerardo; Towers, Sherry; Viboud, Cécile; Fuentes, Rodrigo; Sotomayor, Viviana
- Abstract
To determine effects of school breaks on influenza virus transmission in the Southern Hemisphere, we analyzed 2004-2010 influenza-like-illness surveillance data from Chile. Winter breaks were significantly associated with a two-thirds temporary incidence reduction among schoolchildren, which supports use of school closure to temporarily reduce illness, especially among schoolchildren, in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN Hemisphere; SCHOOL vacations; INFLUENZA transmission; PUBLIC health surveillance; DISEASE incidence
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 7, p1203
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2007.130967