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Impact of demographic disparities in social distancing and vaccination on influenza epidemics in urban and rural regions of the United States.

Meghendra SinghPrasenjit SarkhelGloria J KangAchla MaratheKevin BoylePamela Murray-TuiteKaja M AbbasSamarth Swarup
Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
By taking into account the behavioral differences in social distancing and vaccination uptake among different demographic subpopulations in analysis of influenza epidemics, we provide improved estimates of epidemic outcomes that can assist in improved public health interventions for prevention and control of influenza.
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