Eurosurv. Excess cases of influenza-like illnesses synchronous with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, France, March 2020

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Excess cases of influenza-like illnesses synchronous with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, France, March 2020

• Pierre-Yves Bo?lle[SUP]1[/SUP], C?cile Souty[SUP]1[/SUP], Titouan Launay[SUP]1[/SUP], Caroline Guerrisi[SUP]1[/SUP], Cl?ment Turbelin[SUP]1[/SUP], Sylvie Behillil[SUP]5[/SUP], Vincent Enouf[SUP]5[/SUP], Chiara Poletto[SUP]2[/SUP], Bruno Lina[SUP]8,9[/SUP], Sylvie van der Werf[SUP]4,5,6,7[/SUP], Daniel L?vy-Bruhl[SUP]3[/SUP], Vittoria Colizza[SUP]2[/SUP], Thomas Hanslik[SUP]1[/SUP], Thierry Blanchon[SUP]1[/SUP]

Several French regions where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported currently show a renewed increase in ILI cases in the general practice-based Sentinelles network. We computed the number of excess cases by region from 24 February to 8 March 2020 and found a correlation with the number of reported COVID-19 cases so far. The data suggest larger circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the French population than apparent from confirmed cases.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.14.2000326#html_fulltext