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Table 4 Force of infection estimates. Estimates of EURO force of infection (FOI) and that from Italian case notifications; computations were based on standard techniques described by Anderson & May [9].

From: The pre-vaccination regional epidemiological landscape of measles in Italy: contact patterns, effort needed for eradication, and comparison with other regions of Europe

 

Force of infection/FOI (% / year)

Age group (years)

0–1

2–4

5–10

11–17

18+

Italy-UR

7

15

31

19

6

EURO

12

28

40

20

10

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