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

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to interrupt COVID-19 transmission may also impact the spread of other infectious diseases. Here, the authors estimate that influenza activity in China and the United States reduced by up to 80% when NPIs were in place in the 2019–2020 season.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luzhao Feng, Ting Zhang, Qing Wang, Yiran Xie, Zhibin Peng, Jiandong Zheng, Ying Qin, Muli Zhang, Shengjie Lai, Dayan Wang, Zijian Feng, Zhongjie Li, George F. Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23440-1