2017 01-15
Authors: Melidou A, Pereyaslov D, Hungnes O, Prosenc K, Alm E, Adlhoch C, Pebody R, WHO European Region influenza surveillance network
The ending of the 2019/20 influenza season in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region coincided with the start of the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This study assesses potential impacts of the pandemic on influenza surveillance and presents characteristics of influenza viruses detected in the Region in 2019/20, relative to contemporary components of influenza vaccines for the northern hemisphere (NH).
Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin