The affiliations for Kuo-Chuan Hung (affiliation 1) and I-Wen Chen (affiliation 3) represent
different hospitals, despite both being under the Chi Mei Medical Center. These affiliations …

Objective: With the current global pandemic of COVID-19, there is concern that an influenza
outbreak could exacerbate the health care burden. Improving the influenza vaccination rate …

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China and Singapore have been facing
the Omicron epidemic since January 2022. Despite their similar socioeconomic statuses …

Background: Annual vaccination for influenza is recommended for high-risk populations for
its high morbidity and mortality. South Korea provides free influenza vaccination to some …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) causes COVID‐19 and has
brought a huge burden in terms of human lives. Strict social distance and influenza …

We read the letter from Dr. Giuseppe and colleagues from National Institute of Infectious
Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani'in Rome, Italy. They constructively had comments on our …

Background: Vaccination is likely to be the final solution to stop the COVID-19 pandemic
which has been considered as a global public health emergency. Influenza and coronavirus …

Background: The COVID-19 infection is a novel virus that mainly targets the respiratory
system via specific receptors without any coronavirus-targeted therapies. Many efforts have …

The concurrent timing of the COVID-19 pandemic and the seasonal occurrence of influenza,
makes it especially important to analyze the possible effect of the influenza vaccine on the …

ABSTRACT Background: The COVID 19 Pandemic, which appeared in 2019 and is caused
by SARS Coronavirus 2, has had a huge impact on the health of millions of people …