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    Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Volume 17, Issue 11

    November 2023
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  • First Published: 07 November 2023

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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Tracking severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission and co-infection with other acute respiratory pathogens using a sentinel surveillance system in Rift Valley, Kenya

Vincent Kiplangat Ruttoh,  Samwel Lifumo Symekher,  Janet Masitsa Majanja,  Silvanos Mukunzi Opanda,  Esther Wanguche Chitechi,  Meshack Wadegu,  Ronald Tonui,  Peter Kipkemboi Rotich,  Tonny Teya Nyandwaro,  Anne Wanjiru Mwangi,  Ibrahim Ndungu Mwangi,  Robert Momanyi Oira,  Audrey Gwazima Musimbi,  Samson Muuo Nzou, 
  • First Published: 29 November 2023
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Monitoring COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalisation and death using electronic health registries in ≥65 years old population in six European countries, October 2021 to November 2022

Irina Kislaya,  Alexis Sentís,  Jostein Starrfelt,  Baltazar Nunes,  Iván Martínez-Baz,  Katrine Finderup Nielsen,  Ala'a AlKerwi,  Toon Braeye,  Mario Fontán-Vela,  Sabrina Bacci,  Hinta Meijerink,  Jesús Castilla,  Hanne-Dorthe Emborg,  Christian Holm Hansen,  Susanne Schmitz,  Izaak Van Evercooren,  Marta Valenciano,  Anthony Nardone,  Nathalie Nicolay,  Susana Monge,  VEBIS-Lot4 working group , 
  • First Published: 28 November 2023

Burden of seasonal influenza in the Swiss adult population during the 2016/2017–2018/2019 influenza seasons

Daniel Ammann,  Jana Bilger,  Matthew M. Loiacono,  Susanne G. Oberle,  Andreas Dounas,  Oriol Manuel,  Mark Pletscher, 
  • First Published: 24 November 2023
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Inpatient burden of respiratory syncytial virus in children ≤2 years of age in Germany: A retrospective analysis of nationwide hospitalization data, 2019–2022

Moritz Wick,  Anahita Poshtiban,  Rolf Kramer,  Mathieu Bangert,  Matthias Lange,  Martin Wetzke,  Oliver Damm, 
  • First Published: 24 November 2023
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and effects of age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination among older individuals: A national cohort study

Mai A. Mahmoud,  Houssein H. Ayoub,  Peter Coyle,  Patrick Tang,  Mohammad R. Hasan,  Hadi M. Yassine,  Asmaa A. Al Thani,  Zaina Al-Kanaani,  Einas Al-Kuwari,  Andrew Jeremijenko,  Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal,  Ali Nizar Latif,  Riyazuddin Mohammad Shaik,  Hanan F. Abdul-Rahim,  Gheyath K. Nasrallah,  Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari,  Adeel A. Butt,  Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi,  Mohamed H. Al-Thani,  Abdullatif Al-Khal,  Roberto Bertollini,  Laith J. Abu-Raddad,  Hiam Chemaitelly, 
  • First Published: 21 November 2023
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Seasonal and inter-seasonal RSV activity in the European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic from autumn 2020 to summer 2022

Margaux M. I. Meslé,  Mary Sinnathamby,  Piers Mook,  The WHO European Region Respiratory Network Group ,  Richard Pebody, 
  • First Published: 20 November 2023
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Transmissibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 among household contacts of coronavirus disease 2019-positive patients: A community-based study in India

Aswathy Sreedevi,  Ahmad Mohammad,  Mini Satheesh,  Anuja Ushakumari,  Anil Kumar,  Geetha Raveendran,  Saritha Narayankutty,  Soumya Gopakumar,  Anisur Rahman,  Sachin David,  Minu Maria Mathew,  Prem Nair, 
  • First Published: 17 November 2023
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Transmissibility and severity of COVID-19 in a humanitarian setting: First few X investigation of cases and contacts in Juba, South Sudan, 2020

Richard Lino Loro Lako,  Niamh Meagher,  Joseph Francis Wamala,  John Ndyahikayo,  Ayesheshem Ademe Tegegne,  Olushayo Oluseun Olu,  David J. Price,  Soatiana Rajatonirina,  Elise Farley,  Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor,  Valerie Ann Mize, 
  • First Published: 17 November 2023
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The burden of the coronavirus disease 2019 virus infection in Burkina Faso: Results from a World Health Organization UNITY population-based, age-stratified sero-epidemiological investigation

Samiratou Ouedraogo,  Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré,  Dramane Kania,  Nongodo Firmin Kaboré,  Ariane Mamguem Kamga,  Hermann Badolo,  Mimbouré Yara,  Guillaume Sanou,  Amariane Koné,  Samdapawindé Thérèse Kagoné,  Esperance Ouédraogo,  Blahima Konaté,  Rachel Médah,  Nathalie de Rekeneire,  Armel Poda,  Arnaud Eric Diendere,  Boukary Ouédraogo,  Oumar Billa,  Gilles Paradis,  Halidou Tinto,  Tienhan Sandrine Dabakuyo-Yonli, 
  • First Published: 17 November 2023
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Monitoring the quality of SARS-CoV-2 virus detection in molecular diagnostic laboratories in the Eastern Mediterranean Region during the COVID-19 pandemic

Luke W. Meredith,  Mustafa Aboualy,  Rachel Ochola,  Mehmet Ozel,  Abdinasir Abubakar,  Amal Barakat, 
  • First Published: 17 November 2023

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Descriptive epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases in England, December 2020 to June 2022

Mary A. Sinnathamby,  Asad Zaidi,  Katherine A. Twohig,  Shirin Aliabadi,  Nurin Abdul Aziz,  Natalie Groves,  Eileen Gallagher,  Simon Thelwall,  Gavin Dabrera, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2023

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Influenza D virus was not detected among prospectively studied swine farm in multiple provinces of China

Sajid Umar,  Mai-Juan Ma,  Gregory C. Gray, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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Presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater in the Kingdom of Bahrain during the COVID-19 pandemic

Afaf Merza Mohamed,  Ebrahim Matar,  Hasan M. Isa,  Ahmed K. Moosa,  Wafa Fawzi Hasan,  Amjad Ghanem Mohamed,  Adel Salman Al Sayyad,  Maryam Y. Sanad,  Maryam Alhajeri,  Najat Abu Alfatah,  Qasim M. Alaraibi, 
  • First Published: 13 November 2023
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Implementation and expansion of laboratory capacity for molecular diagnostics in response to COVID-19 and preparedness for other emerging infectious diseases in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Murad Momin Khan,  Mohamed Mostafa Tahoun,  Luke W. Meredith,  Amal Barakat,  Hafizullah Safi,  Ahmed Nasir Hanifi,  Mohammad Omar Mashal,  Abdul Wahid Amiri,  Alaa Abouzeid, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023
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Interactions among acute respiratory viruses in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, China, 2009–2019

Zachary J. Madewell,  Li-Ping Wang,  Natalie E. Dean,  Hai-Yang Zhang,  Yi-Fei Wang,  Xiao-Ai Zhang,  Wei Liu,  Wei-Zhong Yang,  Ira M. Longini,  George F. Gao,  Zhong-Jie Li,  Li-Qun Fang,  Yang Yang,  The Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Etiology of Respiratory Infection Surveillance Study Team , 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023
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From respiratory diseases to nervous system disorders: Unraveling the certified causes of influenza-associated deaths in Poland from 2000 to 2019

Marcin Piotr Walkowiak,  Dariusz Walkowiak, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and associated risk factors during the second wave of infection in a university community in Cameroon

René Ghislain Essomba,  Albert Ngano Bayibeki,  Abel Lissom,  Pulchérie Thérèse Ateba,  Nassif Seni,  Claude Ariane Nlozoa Fouda,  Solange Berthe Diwandja Mbitock,  Normand David Ebonda,  Sylvie Delphine Afana,  Siméon Akame,  Adelphe Anyang Tembu,  Modeste Romuald Ngamaleu,  Bernard Christel Bihonba Bimai,  Ousmane Kabo,  Philipe Salomon Nguwoh,  Christian Taheu Ngounouh,  Moise Christian Junior Meka,  Michel Kengne,  Julienne-Louise Ngo Likeng,  Etienne Omolomo Kimessoukie,  Benjamin Alexandre Nkoum,  Marie Claire Okomo Assoumou,  Joseph Fokam,  I. I. Yap Boum,  Myriam Sylvie Ambomo,  Michael Junior Piameu Chadou, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023
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Antibiotic prescription for outpatients with influenza and subsequent hospitalisation: A cohort study using insurance data

Hiroshi Yokomichi,  Mie Mochizuki,  Joseph Jonathan Lee,  Reiji Kojima,  Sayaka Horiuchi,  Tadao Ooka,  Zentaro Yamagata, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023

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Strengthening influenza surveillance capacity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Nearly two decades of direct support from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kinda Zureick,  Margaret McCarron,  Patrick Dawson,  Jamie K. Davis,  John Barnes,  David Wentworth,  Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, 
  • First Published: 05 November 2023