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

• Main Authors: Baral, Stefan David (Author), Rucinski, Katherine Blair (Author), Twahirwa Rwema, Jean Olivier (Author), Rao, Amrita (Author), Prata Menezes, Neia (Author), Diouf, Daouda (Author), Kamarulzaman, Adeeba (Author), Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy (Author), Mishra, Sharmistha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundSARS-CoV-2 and influenza are lipid-enveloped viruses with differential morbidity and mortality but shared modes of transmission. ObjectiveWith a descriptive epidemiological framing, we assessed whether recent historical patterns of regional influenza burden are reflected in the observed he...