Characterizing the transmission patterns of seasonal influenza in Italy: lessons from the last decade
Characterizing the transmission patterns of seasonal influenza in Italy: lessons from the last decade
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 seasons (from 2010-2011 to 2019-2020) of influenza epidemiological and virological data reported …