School closures and student contact patterns.
Charlotte Jackson;
Punam Mangtani 
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Emilia Vynnycky;
Katherine Fielding ;
Aileen Kitching;
Huda Mohamed;
Anita Roche;
Helen Maguire;
(2011)
School closures and student contact patterns.
Emerging infectious diseases, 17 (2).
pp. 245-247.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.100458
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Emilia Vynnycky;
Katherine Fielding ;
Aileen Kitching;
Huda Mohamed;
Anita Roche;
Helen Maguire;
(2011)
School closures and student contact patterns.
Emerging infectious diseases, 17 (2).
pp. 245-247.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.100458
To determine how school closure for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 affected students' contact patterns, we conducted a retrospective questionnaire survey at a UK school 2 weeks after the school reopened. School closure was associated with a 65% reduction in the mean total number of contacts for each student.
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