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ReviewInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2021

Influenza and COVID-19: What does co-existence mean?

Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, Thea Kølsen Fischer, Jean-Michel Heraud, Aeron C Hurt, Arnold S Monto, Albert Osterhaus, Yuelong Shu, John S Tam

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Review in Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tawee ChotpitayasunondhQueen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
Thea Kølsen FischerNordsjaellands Hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark.
Jean-Michel HeraudNational Influenza Centre, Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar.ORCID 0000-0003-1107-0859
Aeron C HurtF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Arnold S MontoSchool of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Albert OsterhausResearch Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Yuelong ShuSchool of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
John S TamThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-6336-1266

Funding

F. Hoffmann-La Roche
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 continues to have a major impact on healthcare and social systems throughout the world. As the clinical and epidemiological features of COVID-19 have many parallels with influenza, it is important to ensure optimal management of both respiratory diseases as we anticipate their continued co-circulation. In particular, there is a need to ensure that effective surveillance and diagnostic capacities are in place to monitor these and other respiratory viruses, as this will underpin decisions on the appropriate clinical management of the respective diseases. As such, we propose a series of key recommendations for stakeholders, public health authorities, primary care physicians and surveillance bodies that will help mitigate the combined risks of concurrent influenza epidemics and the COVID-19 pandemic. We advocate the judicious use of influenza vaccines and antivirals, particularly among groups at high risk of complications, with healthcare workers also considered a priority for vaccination. It is likely that the increased use of emerging technologies such as telemedicine and contact tracing will permanently change our approach to managing infectious disease. The use of these technologies, alongside existing pharmaceutical strategies, will ensure that we achieve a holistic approach to the global public health measures needed to deal with the combined threat of influenza and COVID-19. Ensuring that this approach is optimal will be key as we move from a reactive pandemic response towards preparing for the long-term management of the remarkable clinical burden associated with these respiratory pathogens.

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SARS-CoV-2CoinfectionCOVID-19HumansInfluenza, Humanantiviralsclinical managementCOVID-19influenzaSARS-CoV-2surveillance

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PMID33128444
PMCPMC8051702

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