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Table 3 Attack Rates* of Novel Influenza with Transmissibility of R0 = 1.2, 1.6, and 2.0 without School Closure (baseline) and under Five Types of State School Closure Authority

From: School closure as an influenza mitigation strategy: how variations in legal authority and plan criteria can alter the impact

School Closure Authority

Closure Threshold

Closure Duration

Attack Rates *

   

R0=1.2

R0=1.6

R0=2.0

Baseline

None

None

20%

36%

47%

TYPE I

1% statewide prevalence, 1-day implementation

1 week

19%

36%

46%

  

2 weeks

19%

36%

46%

  

4 weeks

19%

35%

45%

  

8 weeks

14%

33%

43%

  

16 weeks

2%

27%

43%

TYPE I variation

0.1% statewide prevalence

8 weeks

16%

35%

43%

 

10% statewide prevalence

8 weeks

12%

31%

44%

TYPE II

5 cases per school

1 week

19%

36%

47%

  

2 weeks

19%

36%

46%

  

4 weeks

19%

35%

44%

  

8 weeks

14%

32%

43%

  

16 weeks

2%

27%

43%

TYPE III

1% prevalence, 3-day delay

8 weeks

14%

32%

43%

 

1% prevalence, 5-day delay

8 weeks

13%

31%

44%

 

1% prevalence, 10-day delay

8 weeks

10%

33%

46%

TYPE IV

Random, 1–3 cases per school

8 weeks

16%

32%

43%

 

Random, 1–5 cases per school

8 weeks

15%

32%

43%

 

Random, 1–10 cases per school

8 weeks

16%

32%

43%

TYPE V

5 cases per school

Random, re-open 1–3 days before 8 weeks

15%

32%

43%

 

5 cases per school

Random, re-open 1–10 days before 8 weeks

17%

33%

43%

 

5 cases per school

Random, re-open 1–20 days before 8 weeks

18%

33%

43%

 

5 cases per school

Random, re-open 1–30 days before 8 weeks

18%

33%

44%

  1. *Infected and symptomatic individuals as a percentage of total population.