Spatial transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza in the US Seminar

Detailed medical insurance claims data from the US in 2009 allow us to explore the spatial dynamics of a pandemic in greater depth than ever before. I will outline what we observed in terms of spatial and temporal dynamics of the pandemic in the US. Modelling work allows us to test hypothesis on the importance of different factors such as whether schools were in session, climate and city population size, to see which were important in determining the dynamics of disease spread. I will also talk about some of our ongoing work, including the challenges that come with zooming in at an even finer scale, and considering different age groups separately.