Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on influenza virus prevalence in children in Sichuan, China

We performed a retrospective analysis of influenza A and B virus antigen detection data in children in Sichuan Province from January 2019 to December 2021, with the goal of studying the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on influenza circulation in children in Sichuan, China. During the pandemic, both...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical virology 2023-01, Vol.95 (1), p.e28204-n/a
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Pinjia, Xu, Yidan, Su, Zhe, Xie, Chengbin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antigens Autumn Child Children China - epidemiology COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology Epidemics Humans Influenza Influenza A Influenza B influenza virus Influenza, Human Orthomyxoviridae Pandemics Prevalence Public health Retrospective Studies Seasonal variations Seasons Statistical analysis Viral diseases Virology Viruses Winter
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Zusammenfassung:	We performed a retrospective analysis of influenza A and B virus antigen detection data in children in Sichuan Province from January 2019 to December 2021, with the goal of studying the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on influenza circulation in children in Sichuan, China. During the pandemic, both the number of specimens and the positive rates of the influenza virus fell dramatically. The positivity for influenza A virus decreased from 22.5% in 2019 to 9.9% in 2020 to 0.2% in 2021 (p
ISSN:	0146-6615 1096-9071
DOI:	10.1002/jmv.28204