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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 May–Jun;16(3):252–261. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181ce594e

TABLE 3.

Effects of varying the length of school closure

Closure length Reproductive rate (R0) = 1.4
R0 = 1.7
R0 = 1.9
R0 = 2.4
AR, % PD PI ΔPI, % AR, % PD PI ΔPI, % AR, % PD PI ΔPI, % AR, % PD PI ΔPI, %
Unmitigated 35.1 68 12 113 40.2 56 15 895 43.2 56 19 668 53 44 30 442
School system closure, wk
1 35.5 68 12 841 6.0 40.9 60 16 221 2.0 43.6 56 20 519 4.3 53.5 48 33 090 8.7
2 35.0 76 11 932 −1.5 40.6 68 15 643 −1.6 43.4 60 18 495 −6.0 53.3 48 34 300 12.7
4 33.2 84 9 975 −17.7 39.1 68 12 857 −19.1 41.9 68 15 799 −19.7 50.8 56 20 744 −31.9
8 25.1 76 5 099 −57.9 32.2 64 8 817 −44.7 34.2 60 9 560 −51.4 43.6 48 20 404 −33.0
16 21.9 76 5 119 −57.7 29.6 64 8 735 −45.0 29.3 64 8 645 −56.0 43.0 48 20 354 −33.1
Individual school closure
1 33.7 76 11 834 −2.3 40.6 64 15 546 −2.2 42.7 60 18 001 −8.5 52.8 48 33 234 9.2
2 33.2 76 11 458 −5.4 40.3 68 16 122 1.4 42.4 64 17 445 −11.3 52.5 48 32 315 6.2
4 31.8 84 10 106 −16.6 39.3 76 14 379 −9.5 41.4 68 15 842 −19.5 50.7 56 23 823 −21.7
8 25.3 96 6 290 −48.1 33.7 68 8 527 −46.4 35.5 68 8 851 −55.0 43.5 52 18 997 −37.6
16 19.4 84 4 460 −63.2 29.0 72 8 530 46.3 29.9 68 8 894 −54.8 42.2 52 19 031 −37.5

Abbreviations: AR, serologic attack rate; PD, epidemic peak day; PI, epidemic peak incidence; and ΔPI, change in peak incidence compare to unmitigated scenario.