Description of social contacts among student cases of pandemic influenza during the containment phase, Melbourne, Australia, 2009

• Main Authors: Caroline van Gemert (Author), Emma S McBryde (Author), Isabel Bergeri (Author), Rachel Sacks-Davis (Author), Hassan Vally (Author), Tim Spelman (Author), Brett Sutton (Author), Margaret Hellarda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Students comprised the majority of early cases of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Melbourne, Australia. Students and school settings were targeted for public health interventions following the emergence of pH1N1. This study was conducted to describe changes in social contacts among the earli...