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June 15, 2021
Comparable Seasonal Pattern for COVID-19 and Flu-like Illnesses
COVID-19 transmission was correlated with season in a manner similar to influenza-like illnesses (ILI), according to a comparison between the average annual time-series for ILIs based on incidence data from 2016 till 2019 and two COVID-19 time-series during 2020/2021 in the Netherlands. The authors suggest that the high correlation seems to imply factors driving seasonality…
June 14, 2021
Safety Immunogenicity and Efficacy of a COVID-19 Vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) Co-Administered With Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] As part of the Phase 3 randomized trial for the Novavax SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, a sub-study found that co-administration of an influenza vaccine resulted in no change in influenza vaccine immune response, and a slight reduction in antibody responses to the Novavax vaccine. The authors suggest that this could indicate the viability of…