The relationship between the global burden of influenza from 2017 to 2019 and COVID-19: Descriptive epidemiological assessment

• Main Authors: Baral, Stefan David, Rucinski, Katherine Blair, Rwema, Jean Olivier Twahirwa, Rao, Amrita, Menezes, Neia Prata, Diouf, Daouda, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy, Mishra, Sharmistha
• Format: Article
• Published: JMIR Publications, Inc 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34153/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: SARS-CoV-2 and influenza are lipid-enveloped viruses with differential morbidity and mortality but shared modes of transmission. Objective: With a descriptive epidemiological framing, we assessed whether recent historical patterns of regional influenza burden are reflected in the observe...