Estimating the impact of influenza vaccination and antigenic drift on influenza-related morbidity and mortality in England & Wales using hidden Markov models

Influenza causes substantial morbidity and mortality in some influenza sea- sons, especially among the elderly. Influenza seasons dominated by circula- tion of influenza A/H3N2 virus tend to result in more morbidity and mor- tality than seasons dominated by influenza A/H1N1 or influenza B viruses. I...

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Main Author: Mann, Andrea Gail
Other Authors: Whittaker, J. C.
Published: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London) 2010
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536826