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. 2008 Jul 2;3(7):e2606. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002606

Table 1. Mitigation Interventions.

Intervention Definition
S Schools closed, all school contacts reduced by 90%, household contacts doubled. One adult from each household with a child (11 or younger) stays home from work.
CTsd Social distancing of children and teenagers. All non-school and non-household contacts with or between children and teenagers reduced by 60% and 90%, household contacts doubled.
ASsd Social distancing of adults and seniors. All non-household, non-work contacts within and between adults and seniors reduced by 60% and 90%, work contacts reduced by 50%; household contacts doubled.
Q Household quarantine for 10 days once an individual in the household is diagnosed, all non-household contacts reduced by 60% or 90%, household contacts doubled.
T Antiviral treatment. Individual given antiviral course with probability (60%, 90%) for 5 days immediately after diagnosis, reduces infectivity by 60% [8], [10]
P Household member antiviral prophylaxis. Household members given an antiviral with probability (60%, 90%) for 10 days starting immediately after household reference case is diagnosed, reduces infection susceptibility by 30%, reduces probability of clinical illness by 65%, reduces infectivity by 60% [8], [10]
PEx Extended contact prophylaxis. Household members, workplace contacts, school contacts, work contacts, and neighborhood/extended family contacts of a case are given antivirals with probability (60%, 90%) for 10 days starting immediately after reference case diagnosed; reduces infection susceptibility by 30%; reduces probability of clinical illness by 65%; reduces infectivity by 60%. (Note that school and workplace contact rates used for PEx are much less than the entire school or work groups.)