Where has all the influenza gone? The impact of COVID-19 on the circulation of influenza and other respiratory viruses, Australia, March to September 2020

The coronavirus disease pandemic was declared in March 2020, as the southern hemisphere's winter approached. Australia expected co-circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, influenza and other seasonal respiratory viruses. However, influenza notifications were 7,029 (March...

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Published in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2020-11, Vol.25 (47), p.1
Main Authors: Sullivan, Sheena G, Carlson, Sandra, Cheng, Allen C, Chilver, Monique Bn, Dwyer, Dominic E, Irwin, Melissa, Kok, Jen, Macartney, Kristine, MacLachlan, Jennifer, Minney-Smith, Cara, Smith, David, Stocks, Nigel, Taylor, Janette, Barr, Ian G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia - epidemiology
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Disease Notification - statistics & numerical data
Disease transmission
Epidemiological Monitoring
Female
Humans
Influenza
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Male
Pandemics
Population Surveillance
Public health
Rapid Communication
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Seasons
Sentinel Surveillance
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Summary:The coronavirus disease pandemic was declared in March 2020, as the southern hemisphere's winter approached. Australia expected co-circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, influenza and other seasonal respiratory viruses. However, influenza notifications were 7,029 (March-September) compared with an average 149,832 for the same period in 2015-2019 [corrected], despite substantial testing. Restrictions on movement within and into Australia may have temporarily eliminated influenza. Other respiratory pathogens also showed remarkably changed activity in 2020.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.47.2001847