Divergent surveillance needs and resource allocation for COVID-19 and influenza: insights from a community-based syndromic surveillance study in Shanghai (2024–2025)
COVID-19's symptom profile limits ILI surveillance sensitivity, whereas influenza imposes a higher burden extending into the post-acute phase. These differences call for adapting surveillance strategies and healthcare resource allocation to these distinct pathogen profiles.
Authors
- Xianjin Jiang
- Xiaohuan Gong
- Hào Pān (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-8158)
- Shenghua Mao
- X Yu
- J Chen
- S Lin
- H Y Wu
- Chenyan Jiang
Institutions
- Shanghai Municipal Center For Disease Control Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1777017
- Primary Topic
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China