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The age distribution of patients is also important: if children play a central role in initial community transmission, school closure would likely be more effective.
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Our estimated reductions exceed estimates from analyses of surveillance data for seasonal influenza-like illness in France (24% reduction in child-to-child transmission during school holidays compared with in-school days) (8 ) and a study conducted in Belgium (19% reduction in total contacts made by children and adolescents during Easter holidays) (9 ).
It is worth noting, however, that we did not investigate the presence of gender homophily, which has been observed in primary schools [44], where the likelihood of infection transmission in school children of the same gender is high due to gender assortativity of contacts [41].
A review of laboratory-confirmed H1N1 cases in Alberta, Canada found that the 2009 summertime closure of schools had interrupted virus transmission among school-aged children but then failed to prevent a second wave of the pandemic when schools re-opened in the fall [ 16].
Nevertheless, such unstructured contacts may be more infectious than inclass contacts, so reducing such gatherings may be more cost-effective for preventing transmission than school closure.
However, some studies without additional interventions showed reductions in incidence and/or transmission during school closure.
The other 2 outbreaks among foreign-born persons involved transmission in school, church, and household settings.
Critically important for influenza's transmission are school aged children and teenagers [ 8- 13].
This is an example of a crucial fact that reduces fear among parents who worry about HIV transmission at school.
School closure strategies are therefore significant for controlling the spread of a pandemic within a community, by breaking the chain of disease transmission among school children and young adults.
In light of our data, analysis of the community containment strategy of closing schools and keeping children and teenagers at home during a time of pandemic shows that such a strategy would be quite effective at removing the potential of influenza transmission within school aged children and teenagers.
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