Reactive school closure weakens the network of social interactions and reduces the spread of influenza [Applied Physical Sciences]

School-closure policies are considered one of the most promising nonpharmaceutical interventions for mitigating seasonal and pandemic influenza. However, their effectiveness is still debated, primarily due to the lack of empirical evidence about the behavior of the population during the implementation of the policy. Over the course of the 2015 to...

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Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 1, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Maria Litvinova, Quan-Hui Liu, Evgeny S. Kulikov, Marco Ajelli Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research