A 'small-world-like' model for comparing interventions aimed at preventing and controlling influenza pandemics

Table 5 Household contact prophylaxis with antiviral drugs, with or without treatment of the index cases. The interventions are applied in 70% of households in which one member consults a physician. Estimates are cumulative numbers per 100 inhabitants, unless otherwise specified.

Outcomes	Prophylaxis (Outbreak, n = 90)		Prophylaxis + treatment (Outbreak, n = 98)
	Mean	Minimum-Maximum	Mean	Minimum-Maximum
Infections
Total	36.1	32.1–40.1	34.2	30.8–37.4
Children^a	61.8	57.0–66.2	58.5	53.1–64.5
Adults^a	30.2	25.6–35.0	28.8	24.2–33.4
Elderly^a	16.8	11.2–21.2	14.9	11.3–18.9
Physician visits	23.8	21.8–27.0	22.2	19.6–24.8
Hospital admissions	1.18	0.70–1.57	0.77	0.59–0.98
Deaths	0.25	0.13–0.43	0.16	0.06–0.28
Lost workdays^b	106	94–122	100	85–116
Treatment units (doses)^c	196	179–210	393	356–435

^aPer 100 individuals of a given age
^bPer 100 working adults
^cTwo per day of treatment, five days per patient; one per day of prophylaxis, 10 days per person

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