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Impact of COVID-19 outbreaks and interventions on influenza in China and the United States

Nature Communications, ISSN: 2041-1723, Vol: 12, Issue: 1, Page: 3249
2021
  • 183
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 101
    Captures
  • 1
    Mentions
  • 82
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    183
  • Captures
    101
  • Mentions
    1
    • News Mentions
      1
      • News
        1
  • Social Media
    82
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      82
      • Facebook
        82

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was detected in China during the 2019–2020 seasonal influenza epidemic. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and behavioral changes to mitigate COVID-19 could have affected transmission dynamics of influenza and other respiratory diseases. By comparing 2019–2020 seasonal influenza activity through March 29, 2020 with the 2011–2019 seasons, we found that COVID-19 outbreaks and related NPIs may have reduced influenza in Southern and Northern China and the United States by 79.2% (lower and upper bounds: 48.8%–87.2%), 79.4% (44.9%–87.4%) and 67.2% (11.5%–80.5%). Decreases in influenza virus infection were also associated with the timing of NPIs. Without COVID-19 NPIs, influenza activity in China and the United States would likely have remained high during the 2019–2020 season. Our findings provide evidence that NPIs can partially mitigate seasonal and, potentially, pandemic influenza.

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Feng, Luzhao; Zhang, Ting; Wang, Qing; Xie, Yiran; Peng, Zhibin; Zheng, Jiandong; Qin, Ying; Zhang, Muli; Lai, Shengjie; Wang, Dayan; Feng, Zijian; Li, Zhongjie; Gao, George F

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