Abstract:Background: Seasonal influenza has major implications for healthcare services as outbreaks often lead to high activity levels in the health system. Mathematical models have extensively been used to predict epidemics of infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza and to assess effectiveness of proposed control strategies. However, the availability of comprehensive and reliable datasets is limited. In this paper we combine a unique epidemiological dataset collected in Malta through GPs with a novel method tha… Show more
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