- Published
- 13 February 2025
- Journal article
Characterising the asynchronous resurgence of common respiratory viruses following the COVID-19 pandemic
- Authors
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Li, You ;
- Source
- Nature Communications
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and relevant non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) interrupted the circulation of common respiratory viruses. These viruses demonstrated an unprecedented asynchronous resurgence as NPIs were relaxed. We compiled a global dataset from a systematic review, online surveillance reports and unpublished data from Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network, encompassing 92 sites. We compared the resurgence timings of respiratory viruses within each site and synthesized differences in timings across sites, using a generalised linear mixed-effects model. We revealed a distinct sequential timing in the first post-pandemic resurgence: rhinovirus resurged the earliest, followed by seasonal coronavirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, metapneumovirus and influenza A virus, with influenza B virus exhibiting the latest resurgence. Similar sequential timing was observed in the second resurgence except influenza A virus caught up with metapneumovirus. The consistent asynchrony across geographical regions suggests that virus-specific characteristics, rather than location-specific factors, determining the relative timing of resurgence.
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Cite as
Zhao, C., Zhang, T., Guo, L., Sun, S., Miao, Y., Yung, C., Tomlinson, J., Stolyarov, K., Shchomak, Z., Poovorawan, Y., Nokes, D., Muñoz-Almagro, C., Mandelboim, M., Keck, J., Langley, J., Heikkinen, T., Deng, J., Colson, P., Chakhunashvili, G., T Caballero, M., Bont, L., Feikin, D., Nair, H., Wang, X., Li, Y. & Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network 2025, 'Characterising the asynchronous resurgence of common respiratory viruses following the COVID-19 pandemic', Nature Communications, 16, article no: 1610. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56776-z