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

Stefan David BaralKatherine Blair RucinskiJean Olivier Twahirwa RwemaAmrita RaoNeia Prata MenezesDaouda DioufAdeeba KamarulzamanRefilwe Nancy Phaswana-MafuyaSharmistha Mishra
Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)
Ecological consistency in COVID-19 trends seen to date with influenza trends suggests the potential for shared individual, structural, and environmental determinants of transmission. Using a descriptive epidemiological framework to assess shared regional trends for rapidly emerging respiratory pathogens with better studied respiratory infections may provide further insights into the differential impacts of nonpharmacologic interventions and intersections with environmental conditions. Ultimately, forecasting trends and informing interventions for novel respiratory pathogens like COVID-19 should leverage epidemiologic patterns in the relative burden of past respiratory pathogens as prior information.
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