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Retrieves and filters ILI (Influenza-Like Illness) and ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) consultation rates from the ERVISS (European Respiratory Virus Surveillance Summary) for a specified date range, indicator(s), age group(s), and country(ies).

Usage

get_ili_ari_rates(
  csv_file = NULL,
  date_min,
  date_max,
  indicator = "",
  age = "",
  countries = "",
  use_snapshot = FALSE,
  snapshot_date = NULL
)

Arguments

csv_file

Path to a local CSV file or URL containing the ERVISS data. If NULL (default), data is fetched from the official ERVISS repository.

date_min

Start date of the period (Date object)

date_max

End date of the period (Date object)

indicator

Character vector of indicators to filter: "ILIconsultationrate", "ARIconsultationrate", or both. Use "" (default) to include all indicators.

age

Character vector of age groups to filter (e.g., "0-4", "5-14", "15-64", "65+", "total"). Use "" (default) to include all age groups.

countries

Character vector of country names to filter. Use "" (default) to include all countries.

use_snapshot

Logical. If TRUE, fetches a historical snapshot; if FALSE (default), fetches the latest data. Ignored if csv_file is provided.

snapshot_date

Date of the snapshot to retrieve. Required if use_snapshot = TRUE and csv_file is NULL.

Value

A data.table containing the filtered ILI/ARI rates data with columns: survtype, countryname, date, indicator, age, value.

Examples

# \donttest{
# Get ILI consultation rates for France
data <- get_ili_ari_rates(
  date_min = as.Date("2024-01-01"),
  date_max = as.Date("2024-12-31"),
  indicator = "ILIconsultationrate",
  countries = "France"
)

# Get both ILI and ARI rates for all countries
data <- get_ili_ari_rates(
  date_min = as.Date("2024-01-01"),
  date_max = as.Date("2024-12-31")
)
# }