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Fig. 2 | Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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From: Increased urbanization reduced the effectiveness of school closures on seasonal influenza epidemics in China

Fig. 2

Reduction in influenza transmissibility during school winter breaks, a in Hebei, Tianjin and Beijing within region 1; b in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and Jiangsu within region 2 in the year 2010–2019. P value indicated statistically significant reductions in influenza transmissibility; c in different years when school closure started before or after the epidemic peak. Black symbols denote percentage reduction in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2019, when school closure started before the epidemic peak. Blue symbols denote when school closure stared after the peak, in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018 in Hebei, Tianjin and Beijing; d Mean reduction with urbanization rates. The gray area shows the 95% CI of the linear fit. PLAD: Provincial-level administrative division, CI: Confidential interval

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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