Influenza seasonality: underlying causes and modeling theories.
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TL;DR: Influenza (or “flu”) leads to the hospitalization of more than 200,000 people yearly and results in 36,000 deaths from flu or flu-related complications in the United States.
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Abstract: Influenza (or “flu”) leads to the hospitalization of more than 200,000 people yearly and results in 36,000 deaths from flu or flu-related complications in the United States ([15][1]), striking both the elderly and infant populations particularly hard ([24][2]). Two members of the
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