Quo Vadis Influenza?

Gabriele Neumann; Yoshihiro Kawaoka

doi:10.46234/ccdcw2021.254

Quo Vadis Influenza?

China CDC Wkly. 2021 Dec 3;3(49):1046-1048. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.254.

Authors

Gabriele Neumann¹, Yoshihiro Kawaoka^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
² Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Research Center for Global Viral Diseases, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

The number of influenza virus detections declined tremendously after the emergence and worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); an effect most likely caused by non-pharmaceutical interventions to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Recent data suggest that influenza virus detection has slightly increased in parts of the world, perhaps owing to the relaxation of social distancing measures.

Keywords: Evolution; Influenza virus; SARS-CoV-2.

Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2021.

Grants and funding

Supported by Japan Program for Infectious Diseases Research and Infrastructure from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) (JP21wm0125002)