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Impact assessment of self-medication on COVID-19 prevalence in Gauteng, South Africa, using an age-structured disease transmission modelling framework

Abstract Objective To assess the impact of self-medication on the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 across different age groups, examine the interplay of vaccination and self-medication in disease spread, and identify the age group most prone to self-medication. Methods We developed an age-structure...

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Main Authors:	Wisdom S. Avusuglo (Author), Qing Han (Author), Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima (Author), Nicola Bragazzi (Author), Ali Asgary (Author), Ali Ahmadi (Author), James Orbinski (Author), Jianhong Wu (Author), Bruce Mellado (Author), Jude Dzevela Kong (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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