Where has all the influenza gone? The impact of COVID-19 on the circulation of influenza and other respiratory viruses, Australia, March to September 2020

Sheena G. Sullivan; Sandra Carlson; Allen C. Cheng; Monique Bn Chilver; Dominic E. Dwyer; Melissa Irwin; Jen Kok; Kristine Macartney; Jennifer MacLachlan; Cara Minney-Smith; David Smith; Nigel Stocks; Janette Taylor; Ian G. Barr

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.47.2001847

Where has all the influenza gone? The impact of COVID-19 on the circulation of influenza and other respiratory viruses, Australia, March to September 2020

Sheena G. Sullivan, Sandra Carlson, Allen C. Cheng, Monique Bn Chilver, Dominic E. Dwyer, Melissa Irwin, Jen Kok, Kristine Macartney, Jennifer MacLachlan, Cara Minney-Smith, David Smith, Nigel Stocks, Janette Taylor, Ian G. Barr

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The coronavirus disease pandemic was declared in March 2020, as the southern hemisphere's winter approached. Australia expected co-circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, influenza and other seasonal respiratory viruses. However, influenza notifications were 7,029 (March-September) compared with an average 149,832 for the same period in 2015-2109, despite substantial testing. Restrictions on movement within and into Australia may have temporarily eliminated influenza. Other respiratory pathogens also showed remarkably changed activity in 2020.

Original language	English
Article number	2001847
Journal	EURO SURVEILLANCE : BULLETIN EUROPEEN SUR LES MALADIES TRANSMISSIBLES = EUROPEAN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BULLETIN
Volume	25
Issue number	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.47.2001847
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020

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Sullivan, S. G., Carlson, S., Cheng, A. C., Chilver, M. B., Dwyer, D. E., Irwin, M., Kok, J., Macartney, K., MacLachlan, J., Minney-Smith, C., Smith, D., Stocks, N., Taylor, J., & Barr, I. G. (2020). Where has all the influenza gone? The impact of COVID-19 on the circulation of influenza and other respiratory viruses, Australia, March to September 2020. EURO SURVEILLANCE : BULLETIN EUROPEEN SUR LES MALADIES TRANSMISSIBLES = EUROPEAN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BULLETIN, 25(47), [2001847]. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.47.2001847

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Where has all the influenza gone? The impact of COVID-19 on the circulation of influenza and other respiratory viruses, Australia, March to September 2020. / Sullivan, Sheena G.; Carlson, Sandra; Cheng, Allen C. et al.
In: EURO SURVEILLANCE : BULLETIN EUROPEEN SUR LES MALADIES TRANSMISSIBLES = EUROPEAN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BULLETIN, Vol. 25, No. 47, 2001847, 01.11.2020.

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Sullivan SG, Carlson S, Cheng AC, Chilver MB, Dwyer DE, Irwin M et al. Where has all the influenza gone? The impact of COVID-19 on the circulation of influenza and other respiratory viruses, Australia, March to September 2020. EURO SURVEILLANCE : BULLETIN EUROPEEN SUR LES MALADIES TRANSMISSIBLES = EUROPEAN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BULLETIN. 2020 Nov 1;25(47):2001847. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.47.2001847

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