TY - JOUR AU - Cowling, Benjamin J. AU - Lau, Eric H.Y. AU - Lam, Conrad L.H. AU - Cheng, Calvin K.Y. AU - Kovar, Jana AU - Chan, Kwok Hung AU - Peiris, J.S. Malik AU - Leung, Gabriel M. T1 - Effects of School Closures, 2008 Winter Influenza Season, Hong Kong T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 10 SP - 1660 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In winter 2008, kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong were closed for 2 weeks after media coverage indicated that 3 children had died, apparently from influenza. We examined prospective influenza surveillance data before, during, and after the closure. We did not find a substantial effect on community transmission. KW - human influenza KW - sentinel surveillance KW - public health KW - school closures KW - social distancing KW - primary school KW - kindergarten KW - dispatch KW - Hong Kong DO - 10.3201/eid1410.080646 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/10/08-0646_article ER - End of Reference