Pediatr Pulmonol . Dramatic Decrease of Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza A After School Closure in Response to COVID-19

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Pediatr Pulmonol


. 2020 Jun 29.
doi: 10.1002/ppul.24933. Online ahead of print.
Dramatic Decrease of Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza A After School Closure in Response to COVID-19

Andres Perez-Lopez ^{1 2} , Mohammad Hasan ^{1 2} , Muhammad Iqbal ¹ , Mohammed Janahi ^{3 2} , Diane Roscoe ¹ , Patrick Tang ^{1 2}


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• PMID: 32598576
• DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24933

Abstract

The novelty of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led some researchers to use influenza models and changes in influenza activity to infer the impact of social distancing measures to mitigate the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; influenza A; school closure; transmission.