| Title | Implications of the unexpected persistence of human rhinovirus/enterovirus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. | ||
| Author | Champredon, David; Bancej, Christina; Lee, Liza; Buckrell, Steven | ||
| Journal | Influenza Other Respir Viruses | Publication Year/Month | 2022-Mar |
| PMID | 34747155 | PMCID | PMC8652650 |
| Affiliation + expend | 1.Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. | ||
Stringent public health measures imposed across Canada to control the COVID-19 pandemic have nearly suppressed most seasonal respiratory viruses, with the notable exception of human rhinovirus/enterovirus (hRV/EV). Thanks to this unexpected persistence, we highlight that hRV/EV could serve as a sentinel for levels of contact rate in populations to inform on the efficiency, or the need of, public health measures to control the subsequent COVID-19 epidemic, but also for future epidemics from other seasonal or emerging respiratory pathogens.