Influenza A (H1N1) Blog

Posts Tagged ‘children’

1. October 1, 2009

   The effectiveness of school closings during an epidemic

   Children have a very important role transmitting the Influenza virus. Since they had less contact with the virus, their immune reaction is lower and less effective; therefore, during the infection they have a higher viral load. A higher viral load associated with contact with several other children from different places in the same school, playing [...]