ArticlePloS one2011
Controlling the spread of disease in schools.
Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2020Pooled it
- Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to control influenza spread among children in primary school and kindergarten: class-suspension or symptom-based isolation?BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Association of symptomatic upper respiratory tract infections with the alteration of the oropharyngeal microbiome in a cohort of school children in Côte d'Ivoire.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Computational decision-support tools for urban design to improve resilience against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases: A systematic review.Progress in planning · 2023Article
- A review of facilities management interventions to mitigate respiratory infections in existing buildings.Building and environment · 2022Article
- Global Variation in Hand Hygiene Practices Among Adolescents: The Role of Family and School-Level Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Building upon current knowledge and techniques of indoor microbiology to construct the next era of theory into microorganisms, health, and the built environment.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2020Review
- What can urban mobility data reveal about the spatial distribution of infection in a single city?BMC public health · 2019Article
- School practices to promote social distancing in K-12 schools: review of influenza pandemic policies and practices.BMC public health · 2018Review
- A geo-computational algorithm for exploring the structure of diffusion progression in time and space.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Economic Evaluation of Individual School Closure Strategies: The Hong Kong 2009 H1N1 Pandemic.PloS one · 2016Article
- Network epidemiology and plant trade networks.AoB PLANTS · 2014Article
- Cost-effectiveness of influenza control measures: a dynamic transmission model-based analysis.Epidemiology and infection · 2013Article
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Abstract
Pandemic and seasonal infectious diseases such as influenza may have serious negative health and economic consequences. Certain non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies--including school closures--can be implemented rapidly as a first line of defense against spread. Such interventions attempt to reduce the effective number of contacts between individuals within a community; yet the efficacy of closing schools to reduce disease transmission is unclear, and closures certainly result in significant economic impacts for caregivers who must stay at home to care for their children. Using individual-based computer simulation models to trace contacts among schoolchildren within a stereotypical school setting, we show how alternative school-based disease interventions have great potential to be as effective as traditional school closures without the corresponding loss of workforce and economic impacts.
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