Edited By: Ben Cowling
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses is a virology open access journal specializing exclusively in influenza and other respiratory viruses, with a direct focus on prevention, detection, treatment and control. Our journal has a broad readership of laboratory and clinical scientists, public health professionals, and other international industry professionals.
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Articles
Seasonal Incidence of Human Metapneumovirus in High‐Risk Adults With Medically Attended Acute Respiratory Illness in a Rural US Community
-  17 July 2025
Transmission and Pathologic Findings of Divergent Human Seasonal H1N1pdm09 Influenza A Viruses Following Spillover Into Pigs in the United States
-  17 July 2025
Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Australia During 2017–2019
-  16 July 2025
Effects of K‐12 School District Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on Community‐Level Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infection During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
-  13 July 2025
How Has the Disappearance of Influenza B/Yamagata Altered the Proportion of Influenza A and B Cases? Early Findings From Post‐COVID Pandemic Global Surveillance Data
-  7 July 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
The frequency of influenza and bacterial coinfection: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
-  394-403
-  27 May 2016
The hidden burden of influenza: A review of the extra‐pulmonary complications of influenza infection
-  372-393
-  26 July 2017
Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness
-  132-137
-  14 February 2018
Nomenclature updates resulting from the evolution of avian influenza A(H5) virus clades 2.1.3.2a, 2.2.1, and 2.3.4 during 2013–2014
-  271-276
-  12 May 2015
Influenza neuraminidase inhibitors: antiviral action and mechanisms of resistance
-  25-36
-  28 December 2012
Respiratory syncytial virus disease burden in adults aged 60 years and older in high‐income countries: A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  11 November 2022
Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection Among Adults in Nursing and Care Homes: A Systematic Review
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  16 September 2024
Nirsevimab Effectiveness Against Cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis Hospitalised in Paediatric Intensive Care Units in France, September 2023–January 2024
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  5 June 2024
Systematic literature review of the signs and symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  5 February 2023
Recent Advances, Approaches and Challenges in the Development of Universal Influenza Vaccines
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  21 March 2024
Comparative analysis of mortality in patients admitted with an infection with influenza A/B virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, metapneumovirus or SARS‐CoV‐2
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  18 January 2024
The respiratory syncytial virus prefusion F protein vaccine attenuates the severity of respiratory syncytial virus‐associated disease in breakthrough infections in adults ≥60 years of age
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  3 February 2024
Unexpected Delayed Incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) Into the Antarctic Region
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  17 October 2024
Disease Burden of RSV Infections and Bronchiolitis in Young Children (< 5 Years) in Primary Care and Emergency Departments: A Systematic Literature Review
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
-  4 August 2024
Recent issues
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