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Excess cases of influenza-like illnesses synchronous with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, France, March 2020
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsPierre-Yves Boellepierre-yves.boelle upmc.fr
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Citation style for this article: . Excess cases of influenza-like illnesses synchronous with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, France, March 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(14):pii=2000326. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.14.2000326 Received: 15 Mar 2020; Accepted: 08 Apr 2020
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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