Are twindemics occurring?. Issue 1 (25th December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Takashita, Emi; Watanabe, Shinji; Hasegawa, Hideki; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
• Is Part Of: Influenza and other respiratory viruses. Volume 17:Issue 1(2023)
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• Publication Date: 2022-12-25
• Subjects: COVID‐19 -- influenza -- SARS‐CoV‐2 -- viral interference; Influenza -- Periodicals; Respiratory infections -- Periodicals; Virus diseases -- Periodicals; Influenza, Human -- Periodicals; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Virus Diseases -- Periodicals; Grippe -- Périodiques; Appareil respiratoire -- Infections -- Périodiques; Maladies à virus -- Périodiques; 616.203
• DOI: 10.1111/irv.13090
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-2640

Abstract

Abstract: The emergence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), which causes coronavirus disease (COVID‐19), prompted worldwide COVID‐19 surveillance. To investigate the impact of COVID‐19 on influenza activity, we used global surveillance data collected since 2019 to compare the number of cases positive for COVID‐19 and for influenza across 22 representative countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, The Philippines, Poland, The Republic of Korea, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, The United Kingdom, The United States, and Vietnam). Our results demonstrate alternating prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza virus.