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Between weeks 40 2020 and 8 2021, the World Health Organization European Region experienced a 99.8% reduction in sentinel influenza virus positive detections (33/25,606 tested; 0.1%) relative to an average of 14,966/39,407 (38.0%; p < 0.001) over the same time in the previous six seasons. COVID-19 pandemic public health and physical distancing measures may have extinguished the 2020/21 European seasonal influenza epidemic with just a few sporadic detections of all viral subtypes. This might possibly continue during the remainder of the influenza season.

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Very little influenza in the WHO European Region during the 2020/21 season, weeks 40 2020 to 8 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Cornelia+Adlhoch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Adlhoch Cornelia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Piers+Mook&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mook Piers</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Favelle+Lamb&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lamb Favelle</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lisa+Ferland&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ferland Lisa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Angeliki+Melidou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Melidou Angeliki</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andrew+J+Amato-Gauci&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Amato-Gauci Andrew J</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Richard+Pebody&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pebody Richard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=the+European+Influenza+Surveillance+Network&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">the European Influenza Surveillance Network</a></span>. Very little influenza in the WHO European Region during the 2020/21 season, weeks 40 2020 to 8 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(11):pii=2100221. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.11.2100221" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.11.2100221</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 22 Feb 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 18 Mar 2021 </span> </p>
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