Increased population susceptibility to seasonal influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic in China and the United States

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To the best of our knowledge, no previous study has quantitatively estimated the dynamics and cumulative susceptibility to influenza infections after the widespread lifting of COVID-19 public health measures. We constructed an imitated stochastic susceptible-infected-removed model using particle-filtered Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling to estimate the time-dependent reproduction number of influenza based on influenza surveillance data in southern China, northern China, and the United States during the 2022-2023 season. We compared these estimates to those from 2011 to 2019 seasons without strong social distancing interventions to determine cumulative susceptibility during COVID-19 restrictions. Compared to the 2011-2019 seasons without a strong intervention with social measures, the 2022-2023 influenza season length was 45.0%, 47.1%, and 57.1% shorter in southern China, northern China, and the United States, respectively, corresponding to an 140.1%, 74.8%, and 50.9% increase in scale of influenza infections, and a 60.3%, 72.9%, and 45.1% increase in population susceptibility to influenza. Large and high-intensity influenza epidemics occurred in China and the United States in 2022-2023. Population susceptibility increased in 2019-2022, especially in China. We recommend promoting influenza vaccination, taking personal prevention actions on at-risk populations, and monitoring changes in the dynamic levels of influenza and other respiratory infections to prevent potential outbreaks in the coming influenza season.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 95(2023), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite e29186

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Mengmeng [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Mingyue [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yanlin [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Peixi [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jiao [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiaokun [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yunshao [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Weizhong [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Luzhao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Seasonal influenza
Surveillance
Susceptibility

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.11.2023

Date Revised 07.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.29186

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363481362