The Relationship Between the Global Burden of Influenza From 2017 to 2019 and COVID-19: Descriptive Epidemiological Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SARS-CoV-2 and influenza are lipid-enveloped viruses with differential morbidity and mortality but shared modes of transmission.

Objective

With a descriptive epidemiological framing, we assessed whether recent historical patterns of regional influenza burden are reflected in the observed heterogeneity in COVID-19 cases across regions of the world.

Methods

Weekly surveillance data reported by the World Health Organization from January 2017 to December 2019 for influenza and from January 1, 2020 through October 31, 2020, for COVID-19 were used to assess seasonal and temporal trends for influenza and COVID-19 cases across the seven World Bank regions.

Results

In regions with more pronounced influenza seasonality, COVID-19 epidemics have largely followed

SUBMITTER: Baral SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7927952 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature