The global impact of corona virus (COVID-19) has been profound, and the public health
threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 influenza A …

Background School closure as a non-pharmaceutical measure appeared as an efficient
strategy in previous epidemics. We investigated the impact of school closure on the …

Controlling the spread of influenza to reduce the effects of infection on a population is an
important mandate of public health. Mass media reports on an epidemic or pandemic can …

Background: In the face of an influenza pandemic, accurate estimates of epidemiologic
parameters are required to help guide decision-making. We sought to estimate …

Background The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza dynamics in Italy was characterized by a
notable pattern: as it emerged from the analysis of influenza-like illness data, after an initial …

Optimizing allocation of vaccine, a highly scarce resource, is an urgent and critical issue
during fighting against on‐going COVID‐19 epidemic. Prior studies suggested that vaccine …

In the last decade, humanity has faced many different pandemics such as SARS, H1N1, and
presently novel coronavirus (COVID-19). On one side, scientists are focusing on …

Influenza pandemics in the last century were characterized by successive waves and
differences in impact and timing between different regions, for reasons not clearly …

The number of economic evaluations related to infectious disease topics has increased over
the last 2 decades. However, many such evaluations rely on models that do not take into …

Background The world is currently confronting the first influenza pandemic of the 21st
century. Influenza vaccination is an effective preventive measure, but the unique …