Stringent nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as lockdowns and border closures
are not currently recommended for pandemic influenza control. New Zealand used these …

Evidence suggests that innate and adaptive cellular responses mediate resistance to the
influenza virus and confer protection after vaccination. However, few studies have resolved …

In this article we review the COVID-19 pandemic experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and
consider the optimal ongoing response strategy. We note that this pandemic virus looks …

Background Data on influenza community burden and transmission are important to plan
interventions especially in resource-limited settings. However, data are limited, particularly …

Across decades of co-circulation in humans, influenza A subtypes H1N1 and H3N2 have
caused seasonal epidemics characterized by different age distributions of cases and …

Seasonal variation in the age distribution of influenza A cases suggests that factors other
than age shape susceptibility to medically attended infection. We ask whether these …

Influenza viruses are a persistent threat to global human health. Increased susceptibility to
infection and the risk factors associated with progression to severe influenza-related disease …

Seasonal influenza is one of the mandatorily monitored infectious diseases, in China.
Making full use of the influenza surveillance data helps to predict seasonal influenza. In this …

Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) or seasonal
influenza may lead to respiratory failure requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. The …

Influenza epidemics cause substantial morbidity and mortality every year worldwide.
Currently, two influenza A subtypes, A (H1N1) and A (H3N2), and type B viruses co-circulate …