Digital Prescription–Based Influenza Activity Forecasting in Jiangxi Province, China: Comparative Modeling Analysis Using Multisource Data

Rongrong Yang   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Zilu Xu   ^{2, 3 *} , MSc ;   Chi Zhang   ^{2, 3} , MSc ;   Liping Qiu   ⁴ , MSc ;   Jie Qian   ² , PhD ;   Jie Liu   ⁵ , PhD ;   Yonghai Dong   ⁶ , MSc ;   Zhili Zeng   ⁷ , MPH ;   Rui Shen   ² , PhD ;   Luzhao Feng   ² , PhD

¹ Department of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control and Prevention, Ganzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

² School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Pathogen Infection Prevention and Control (Peking Union Medical College), Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity; Public He, Beijing, China

³ School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

⁴ Department of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

⁵ Scientific Research Affairs Section, Jiangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

⁶ Department of Surveillance Forecasting and Emergency Response, Jiangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

⁷ Department of Infectious and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

*these authors contributed equally