Factors Influencing the Size and Duration of School Varicella Outbreaks in Shanghai, China, in the Era of Voluntary Single-Dose Vaccination-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Factors Influencing the Size and Duration of School Varicella Outbreaks in Shanghai, China, in the Era of Voluntary Single-Dose Vaccination

Published:2019-09-21 Issue:10 Volume:6 Page:
ISSN:2328-8957
Container-title:Open Forum Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Wu Qiangsong¹,Zhang Linwei²,Liu Jingyi¹,Chen Yuanfang¹,Zhou Qi¹,Xuan Zeliang¹,Hu Yi³

Affiliation:

1. Xuhui District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China

2. School of Public Health, University of South China, Hunan Province, China

3. Department of Epidemiology, China and Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety (Fudan University), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Abstract Varicella outbreaks continue to occur in schools. We assessed potential factors associated with the size and duration of 560 school-based outbreaks in Shanghai, China. Outbreaks occurring in primary and middle schools involved more cases and had longer durations, and conducting postexposure prophylaxis campaigns was an effective strategy for outbreak control.

Funder

the Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, China

the Fourth Round of Three-Year Public Health Action Plan of Shanghai, China

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Oncology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/ofid/article-pdf/6/10/ofz410/33598849/ofz410.pdf

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