The Effectiveness of Age-Specific Isolation Policies on Epidemics of Influenza A (H1N1) in a Large City in Central South China

Ruchun Liu; Ross Ka-kit Leung; Tianmu Chen; Xixing Zhang; Faming Chen; Shuilian Chen; Jin Zhao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132588

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The Effectiveness of Age-Specific Isolation Policies on Epidemics of Influenza A (H1N1) in a Large City in Central South China

Ruchun Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruchun Liu, Ross Ka-kit Leung, Tianmu Chen

Affiliation Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, The People’s Republic of China
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Ross Ka-kit Leung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruchun Liu, Ross Ka-kit Leung, Tianmu Chen

Affiliations Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, The People’s Republic of China, Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China
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Tianmu Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruchun Liu, Ross Ka-kit Leung, Tianmu Chen

* E-mail: 13698665@qq.com

Affiliation Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, The People’s Republic of China
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Xixing Zhang,

Affiliation Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, The People’s Republic of China
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Faming Chen,

Affiliation Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, The People’s Republic of China
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Shuilian Chen,

Affiliation Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, The People’s Republic of China
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Jin Zhao

Affiliation Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, The People’s Republic of China
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The Effectiveness of Age-Specific Isolation Policies on Epidemics of Influenza A (H1N1) in a Large City in Central South China

Ruchun Liu,
Ross Ka-kit Leung,
Tianmu Chen,
Xixing Zhang,
Faming Chen,
Shuilian Chen,
Jin Zhao

Published: July 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132588

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