Abstract
Various nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic since its outbreak. The transmission dynamics of other respiratory infectious diseases, such as seasonal influenza, were also affected by these interventions. The drastic decline of seasonal influenza caused by such interventions would result in waning of population immunity and may trigger the seasonal influenza epidemic with the lift of restrictions during the post-pandemic era. We obtained weekly influenza laboratory confirmations from FluNet to analyse the resurgence patterns of seasonal influenza in China and the US. Our analysis showed that due to the impact of NPIs including travel restrictions between countries, the influenza resurgence was caused by influenza virus A in the US while by influenza virus B in China.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6327-6333 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2023 |
Keywords
- China
- COVID-19
- influenza virus A and B
- seasonal influenza
- the US
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modelling and Simulation
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics