School closures and student contact patterns

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):245-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1702.100458.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Communicable Disease Control / methods
  • Contact Tracing / statistics & numerical data*
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / physiology*
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Influenza, Human / transmission*
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Pandemics
  • Schools*
  • Students*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology