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The epidemiology of community‐acquired respiratory viruses during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic – Wiley
In regions of high COVID‐19 endemicity, the incidence of other respiratory viral illnesses is depressed, which may reflect biologic displacement of other pathogens…
The initial spread of SARSCoV2 from China coincided with the usual period for many communityacquired respiratory viruses (CARVs) in the Northern Hemisphere. Multiple seasonal viruses are known to circulate including influenza virus A and B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus (PIV), and other human coronaviruses (HCoVs) of which only influenza is vaccine preventable and treatable. The initial clinical presentations of CARVs may be indistinguishable from those…
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