Background: Researchers increasingly use social contact data to inform models for
infectious disease spread with the aim of guiding effective policies about disease prevention …

Background School closure as a non-pharmaceutical measure appeared as an efficient
strategy in previous epidemics. We investigated the impact of school closure on the …

Abstract Background The province of Ontario, Canada, has instituted indefinite school
closures (SC) as well as other social distancing measures to mitigate the impact of the novel …

Background School closure is often considered as an option to mitigate influenza epidemics
because of its potential to reduce transmission in children and then in the community. The …

Background School closure is a potential intervention during an influenza pandemic and
has been investigated in many modelling studies. Objectives To systematically review the …

The role of social distancing measures in mitigating pandemic influenza is not precisely
understood. To this end, we have conducted a systematised review, particularly in light of …

The present study compared socio-educational policies and argumentation in Sweden and
Finland during Covid-19 pandemic in March-May 2020. Countries were selected, first, due to …

School closure has been recommended as a potential component of a mitigation strategy
during an influenza pandemic, and schools were closed in the UK and elsewhere during the …

Background The threat of emergence of a human-to-human transmissible strain of highly
pathogenic influenza A (H5N1) is very real, and is reinforced by recent results showing that …

Infectious disease severely threatens human life. Human mobility and travel patterns
influence the spread of infection between cities and countries. We find that the infection …