influenza_infections_df: Influenza Infections Time Series

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Influenza Infections Time Series

Description

This dataset, influenza_infections_df, is a data frame containing the weekly number of reported influenza cases in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) from January 2001 to May 2013.

Usage

data(influenza_infections_df)

Format

A data frame with 646 observations and 3 variables:

year

Numeric variable indicating the calendar year of observation

week

Numeric variable indicating the calendar week (1 to 52 or 53)

cases

Numeric variable representing the number of reported influenza cases

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'influenza_infections_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the infectiousR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the tscount package version 1.4.3

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