Excess cases of influenza-like illnesses synchronous with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, France, March 2020
Pierre‐Yves Boëlle, Cécile Souty, Titouan Launay, Caroline Guerrisi, Clément Turbelin, Sylvie Behillil, Vincent Enouf, Chiara Poletto, Bruno Lina, Sylvie van der Werf, D Lévy-Brühl, Vittoria Colizza, Thomas Hanslik, Thierry Blanchon
Abstract
Several French regions where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported currently show a renewed increase in ILI cases in the general practice-based Sentinelles network. We computed the number of excess cases by region from 24 February to 8 March 2020 and found a correlation with the number of reported COVID-19 cases so far. The data suggest larger circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the French population than apparent from confirmed cases.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineCoronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPandemicVirologyPopulationBetacoronavirusDiseasePneumoniaCoronavirus InfectionsInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakEnvironmental healthCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts