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Including gender-specific features in epidemic modeling: the case of the second wave of COVID-19 in Italy

2025-12-21 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Biological and behavioral differences between genders influence infectious disease dynamics. Yet, most epidemiological models overlook these aspects in favor of age stratification alone. Here, we systematically evaluate the impact of incorporating gender-specific features into an age-structured epidemic compartmental model, calibrated to COVID-19 mortality data from the second wave in Italy (Autumn 2020-Winter 2021). We develop eight model versions representing different combinations of three da...

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