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dc.contributor.authorHoen, Anne Gatewood
dc.contributor.authorBuckeridge, David L.
dc.contributor.authorChan, Emily H.
dc.contributor.authorFreifeld, Clark C.
dc.contributor.authorKeller, Mikaela
dc.contributor.authorCharland, Katia
dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Christl A.
dc.contributor.authorBrownstein, John S.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-17T14:49:06Z
dc.date.available2015-03-17T14:49:06Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.date.submitted2009-10
dc.identifier.issn12019712
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96036
dc.description.abstractObjective The 2009 pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) has disproportionately affected children and young adults, resulting in attention by public health officials and the news media on schools as important settings for disease transmission and spread. We aimed to characterize US schools affected by novel influenza A (H1N1) relative to other schools in the same communities. Methods A database of US school-related cases was obtained by electronic news media monitoring for early reports of novel H1N1 influenza between April 23 and June 8, 2009. We performed a matched case–control study of 32 public primary and secondary schools that had one or more confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza and 6815 control schools located in the same 23 counties as case schools. Results Compared with controls from the same county, schools with reports of confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza were less likely to have a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.385; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.166–0.894) and less likely to have older students (aOR 0.792; 95% CI 0.670–0.938). Conclusions We conclude that public schools with younger, more affluent students may be considered sentinels of the epidemic and may have played a role in its initial spread.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.) (R21AI073591-01)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian Institutes of Health Research (PAN-83152)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian Institutes of Health Research (CAT-86857)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGoogle (Firm) (Research Grant)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.034en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceElsevieren_US
dc.titleCharacteristics of US public schools with reported cases of novel influenza A (H1N1)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationHoen, Anne Gatewood, David L. Buckeridge, Emily H. Chan, Clark C. Freifeld, Mikaela Keller, Katia Charland, Christl A. Donnelly, and John S. Brownstein. “Characteristics of US Public Schools with Reported Cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1).” International Journal of Infectious Diseases 14 (September 2010): e6–e8. © 2010 International Society for Infectious Diseasesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHarvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratoryen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorHoen, Anne Gatewooden_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorChan, Emily H.en_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorFreifeld, Clark C.en_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorKeller, Mikaelaen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorCharland, Katiaen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorBrownstein, John S.en_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Infectious Diseasesen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsHoen, Anne Gatewood; Buckeridge, David L.; Chan, Emily H.; Freifeld, Clark C.; Keller, Mikaela; Charland, Katia; Donnelly, Christl A.; Brownstein, John S.en_US
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