Comparative epidemiology between the 2009 H1N1 influenza and COVID-19 pandemics

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Dhullya Eduarda Resende Santos¹  Marielena Vogel Saivish²  Vivaldo Gomes da Costa³  Marcos Lázaro Moreli⁴  Rebeca Francielle de Lima Silva⁴ 

[1] Corresponding author at: Asa Norte, 73345-010 Brasília, DF, Brazil.;Special Academic Unit of Health Sciences, Federal University of Jataí, Jataí, GO, Brazil;Department of Cellular Biology, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil;Special Academic Unit of Health Sciences, Federal University of Jataí, Jataí, GO, Brazil;

关键词: COVID-19 pandemic;    2009 H1N1 pandemic;    Emerging viruses;    SARS-CoV-2;    Global epidemics;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In a short time, humanity has experienced two pandemics: the influenza A virus pandemic (pH1N1) in 2009 and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. Therefore, it is likely that the general population will erroneously seek to compare the two pandemics and adopt similar attitudes in facing them. However, the two pandemics have their intrinsic characteristics that distinguish them considerably; for example, the virulence of the infectious agents and the availability of treatment and vaccine. Consequently, given this knowledge gap between the pH1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics, we conducted this review to clarify and summarize, above all, the epidemiological historical aspects of these two viruses of great importance to global public health.

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