High Co-circulation of Influenza and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

John T Kubale; Aaron M Frutos; Angel Balmaseda; Cristhiam Cerpas; Saira Saborio; Sergio Ojeda; Carlos Barilla; Nery Sanchez; Gerald Vasquez; Hanny Moreira; Abigail Shotwell; Alyssa Meyers; Roger Lopez; Miguel Plazaola; Guillermina Kuan; Aubree Gordon

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac642

High Co-circulation of Influenza and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 28;9(12):ofac642. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac642. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

John T Kubale¹, Aaron M Frutos², Angel Balmaseda^{3

4}, Cristhiam Cerpas^{3

4}, Saira Saborio^{3

4}, Sergio Ojeda⁴, Carlos Barilla³, Nery Sanchez⁴, Gerald Vasquez³, Hanny Moreira³, Abigail Shotwell², Alyssa Meyers², Roger Lopez^{3

4}, Miguel Plazaola⁴, Guillermina Kuan^{4

5}, Aubree Gordon²

Affiliations

¹ ICPSR, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
³ Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua.
⁴ Sustainable Sciences Institute, Managua, Nicaragua.
⁵ Centro de Salud Sócrates Flores Vivas, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua.

Abstract

In the first 2 years of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, influenza transmission decreased substantially worldwide, meaning that health systems were not faced with simultaneous respiratory epidemics. In 2022, however, substantial influenza transmission returned to Nicaragua where it co-circulated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, causing substantial disease burden.

Keywords: Nicaragua; SARS-CoV-2; incidence rate; influenza; vaccination.

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