Open AccessImplications of the unexpected persistence of human rhinovirus/enterovirus during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Canada
Author(s) -
Champredon David,
Bancej Christina,
Lee Liza,
Buckrell Steven
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
influenza and other respiratory viruses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.743
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1750-2659
pISSN - 1750-2640
DOI - 10.1111/irv.12930
Subject(s) - rhinovirus , pandemic , persistence (discontinuity) , covid-19 , public health , enterovirus , virology , coronavirus , biology , environmental health , medicine , virus , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , geotechnical engineering , nursing , pathology , engineering
Stringent public health measures imposed across Canada to control the COVID‐19 pandemic have nearly suppressed most seasonal respiratory viruses, with the notable exception of human rhinovirus/enterovirus (hRV/EV). Thanks to this unexpected persistence, we highlight that hRV/EV could serve as a sentinel for levels of contact rate in populations to inform on the efficiency, or the need of, public health measures to control the subsequent COVID‐19 epidemic, but also for future epidemics from other seasonal or emerging respiratory pathogens.