Characterizing the transmission patterns of seasonal influenza in Italy: lessons from the last decade

• Main Authors: Filippo Trentini (Author), Elena Pariani (Author), Antonino Bella (Author), Giulio Diurno (Author), Lucia Crottogini (Author), Caterina Rizzo (Author), Stefano Merler (Author), Marco Ajelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite thousands of influenza cases annually recorded by surveillance systems around the globe, estimating the transmission patterns of seasonal influenza is challenging. Methods We develop an age-structured mathematical model to influenza transmission to analyze ten consecutive...