Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic-United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020

Sonja J Olsen; Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner; Alicia P Budd; Lynnette Brammer; Sheena Sullivan; Rodrigo F Pineda; Cheryl Cohen; Alicia M Fry

doi:10.1111/ajt.16381

Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic-United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020

Am J Transplant. 2020 Dec;20(12):3681-3685. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16381.

Authors

Sonja J Olsen¹, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner¹, Alicia P Budd¹, Lynnette Brammer¹, Sheena Sullivan², Rodrigo F Pineda³, Cheryl Cohen^{4

5}, Alicia M Fry¹

Affiliations

¹ Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Doherty Department, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Virology Department, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ Center for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

Transplant recipients are among the groups for whom the updated recommendations for 2020–2021 influenza vaccination should generally be considered essential, notably in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

Australia / epidemiology
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control
Chile / epidemiology
Health Policy
Humans
Influenza, Human / diagnosis
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Influenza, Human / prevention & control
Pandemics*
Physical Distancing
South Africa / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology