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Future COVID-19 variants may not be severe - Respiratory disease expert

Head of the Centre for Respiratory Disease and Meningitis at the NICD Professor Cheryl Cohen talks about what surveillance is going on to look out for the next variant. ....

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2021-05 - Who catches and transmits flu in SA and the implications for vaccination

19 May 2021 - Wits Communications
A new study has found a high burden of influenza in a rural and an urban setting in SA, where asymptomatic people – particularly children – transmit this virus.
Influenza (flu) causes approximately 300 000-600 000 respiratory deaths globally annually, with the highest rates in sub-Saharan Africa.
Data on influenza community burden and transmission are important to plan interventions especially in resource-limited settings.
However, data are limited, particularly on the symptomatic proportion by age and particularly from low-income and middle-income countries.
The study, by Wits scientists, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), and colleagues at North West University and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was published in ....

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