Fiona May, Shamila Ginige, Elise Firman, Yee Sum Li, Yudish Kumar Soonarane, Nicolas Smoll, Ian Hunter, Brielle Pery, Bonnie Macfarlane, Tracy Bladen, Terresa Allen, Trevor Green, Jacina Walker, Vicki Slinko, Mark Stickley, Gulam Khandaker, Satyamurthy Anuradha, Andre Wattiaux
OBJECTIVE: The 2022 Australian winter was the first time that COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were circulating in the population together, after two winters of physical distancing, quarantine and borders closed to international travellers. We developed a novel surveillance system to estimate the incidence of COVID-19, influenza and RSV in three regions of Queensland, Australia. DESIGN: We implemented a longitudinal testing-based sentinel surveillance programme...
April 22, 2024: BMJ Open