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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Aug 27;26(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2611.200861. Online ahead of print.
Abrupt Subsidence of Seasonal Influenza after Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, Hong Kong, China
Ngai-Sze Wong, Chi-Chiu Leung, Shui-Shan Lee
Abstract
The onset of the 2019-20 winter influenza season in Hong Kong coincided with the emergence of the coronavirus disease epidemic in neighboring mainland China. After widespread adoption of large-scale social distancing interventions in response to the impending coronavirus disease outbreak, the influenza season ended abruptly with a decrease to a low trough.
Keywords: China; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; influenza; influenza virus; respiratory infections; seasonal influenza; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; subsistence; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Aug 27;26(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2611.200861. Online ahead of print.
Abrupt Subsidence of Seasonal Influenza after Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, Hong Kong, China
Ngai-Sze Wong, Chi-Chiu Leung, Shui-Shan Lee
- PMID: 32852264
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2611.200861
Abstract
The onset of the 2019-20 winter influenza season in Hong Kong coincided with the emergence of the coronavirus disease epidemic in neighboring mainland China. After widespread adoption of large-scale social distancing interventions in response to the impending coronavirus disease outbreak, the influenza season ended abruptly with a decrease to a low trough.
Keywords: China; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; influenza; influenza virus; respiratory infections; seasonal influenza; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; subsistence; viruses; zoonoses.