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Editor, Senior Moderator
Transbound Emerg Dis
. 2020 Aug 16.
doi: 10.1111/tbed.13799. Online ahead of print.
Seasonal influenza activity in young children before the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China
Zhi Xia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lin Yang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Na Li[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Bo Nie[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Hong Wang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Hui Xu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Daihai He[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The activity of influenza A at the end of 2019 was higher than previous two years in children younger than 6 years old in Wuhan, China. The 2019-2020 winter peak of seasonal influenza preceded the COVID-19 outbreak, with a higher and earlier peak than those of the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons. We speculate this could be due to the earlier CNY holiday season in 2019-2020 than in previous two years. We compared these results with those of two previous studies to further discuss the possible interference between influenza and COVID-19 in young children.
Keywords: COVID‐19; children; influenza.
. 2020 Aug 16.
doi: 10.1111/tbed.13799. Online ahead of print.
Seasonal influenza activity in young children before the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China
Zhi Xia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lin Yang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Na Li[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Bo Nie[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Hong Wang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Hui Xu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Daihai He[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32881325
- DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13799
Abstract
The activity of influenza A at the end of 2019 was higher than previous two years in children younger than 6 years old in Wuhan, China. The 2019-2020 winter peak of seasonal influenza preceded the COVID-19 outbreak, with a higher and earlier peak than those of the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons. We speculate this could be due to the earlier CNY holiday season in 2019-2020 than in previous two years. We compared these results with those of two previous studies to further discuss the possible interference between influenza and COVID-19 in young children.
Keywords: COVID‐19; children; influenza.