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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 15, Issue 11, Pages 1841-1843Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090798
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- Japan Foundation for the Promotion of International Medical Research Cooperation
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
- National Institutes of Health Research
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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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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