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Simulation suggests that rapid activation of social distancing can arrest epidemic development due to a novel strain of influenza

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, April 2009
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
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12 news outlets
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4 blogs
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2 policy sources
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31 X users
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2 YouTube creators

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Title
Simulation suggests that rapid activation of social distancing can arrest epidemic development due to a novel strain of influenza
Published in
BMC Public Health, April 2009
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-9-117
Pubmed ID
Authors

Joel K Kelso, George J Milne, Heath Kelly

Abstract

Social distancing interventions such as school closure and prohibition of public gatherings are present in pandemic influenza preparedness plans. Predicting the effectiveness of intervention strategies in a pandemic is difficult. In the absence of other evidence, computer simulation can be used to help policy makers plan for a potential future influenza pandemic. We conducted simulations of a small community to determine the magnitude and timing of activation that would be necessary for social distancing interventions to arrest a future pandemic.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 230 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 32 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 12%
Student > Bachelor 25 11%
Student > Master 22 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 16 7%
Other 48 20%
Unknown 67 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 39 16%
Social Sciences 19 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 5%
Engineering 11 5%
Other 54 23%
Unknown 87 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 153. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 January 2023.
All research outputs
#271,628
of 25,576,275 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#239
of 17,702 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#547
of 104,353 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#1
of 45 outputs
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