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. 2019 Feb 19;116(8):2802-2804.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1822167116. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

The future of influenza forecasts

Cécile Viboud  1 , Alessandro Vespignani  2   3   4
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The future of influenza forecasts

Cécile Viboud et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Past and present infectious disease forecasting challenges as a function of prediction horizon and number of models considered (data from refs. –14).
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