Very little influenza in the WHO European Region during the 2020/21 season, weeks 40 2020 to 8 2021

Cornelia Adlhoch; Piers Mook; Favelle Lamb; Lisa Ferland; Angeliki Melidou; Andrew j Amato-Gauci; Richard Pebody; European Influenza Surveillance Network; Emma Appelqvist

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.11.2100221

Very little influenza in the WHO European Region during the 2020/21 season, weeks 40 2020 to 8 2021

Cornelia Adlhoch, Piers Mook, Favelle Lamb, Lisa Ferland, Angeliki Melidou, Andrew j Amato-Gauci, Richard Pebody, European Influenza Surveillance Network, Emma Appelqvist (Contributor)

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Abstract

Between weeks 40 2020 and 8 2021, the World Health Organization European Region experienced a 99.8% reduction in sentinel influenza virus positive detections (33/25,606 tested; 0.1%) relative to an average of 14,966/39,407 (38.0%; p < 0.001) over the same time in the previous six seasons. COVID-19 pandemic public health and physical distancing measures may have extinguished the 2020/21 European seasonal influenza epidemic with just a few sporadic detections of all viral subtypes. This might possibly continue during the remainder of the influenza season.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	26
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.11.2100221
Publication status	Published - 2021 Mar 18
Externally published	Yes

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