Effect of Winter School Breaks on Influenza-like Illness, Argentina, 2005–2008
| Autor: | Marc-Alain Widdowson, Martin I. Meltzer, Roberto C. Garza, Luis O. Carlino, Karina Balbuena, Ismael R. Ortega-Sanchez, Ricardo Basurto-Davila, Francisco Averhoff, Pablo W. Orellano, Rachel Albalak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
social isolation Epidemiology lcsh:Medicine Public health surveillance Medicine Public Health Surveillance Young adult Social isolation Child Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Schools Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Age Factors Middle Aged Census school closure Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Seasons medicine.symptom Adult Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Argentina History 21st Century lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Young Adult respiratory infections Influenza Human Humans lcsh:RC109-216 viruses education Aged Influenza-like illness business.industry Research lcsh:R Pandemic influenza Infant community mitigation winter Influenza business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 6, Pp 938-944 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1906.120916 |
| Popis: | School closures are used to reduce seasonal and pandemic influenza transmission, yet evidence of their effectiveness is sparse. In Argentina, annual winter school breaks occur during the influenza season, providing an opportunity to study this intervention. We used 2005–2008 national weekly surveillance data of visits to a health care provider for influenza-like illness (ILI) from all provinces. Using Serfling-specified Poisson regressions and population-based census denominators, we developed incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for the 3 weeks before, 2 weeks during, and 3 weeks after the break. For persons 5–64 years of age, IRRs were |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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