Nonpharmaceutical Influenza Mitigation Strategies, US Communities, 1918–1920 Pandemic1
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We studied nonpharmaceutical interventions used to mitigate the second, and most deadly, wave of the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in the United States. We conclude that several small communities implemented potentially successful attempts at preventing the introduction of influenza.
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Nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented by US cities during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.
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