Estimating dynamic transmission model parameters for seasonal influenza by fitting to age and season-specific influenza-like illness incidence

Dynamic transmission models are essential to design and evaluate control strategies for airborne infections. Our objective was to develop a dynamic transmission model for seasonal influenza allowing to evaluate the impact of vaccinating specific age groups on the incidence of infection, disease and...

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Main Authors: Nele Goeyvaerts, Lander Willem, Kim Van Kerckhove, Yannick Vandendijck, Germaine Hanquet, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Epidemics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175543651500050X