Comparative seasonalities of influenza A, B and 'common cold' coronaviruses - setting the scene for SARS-CoV-2 infections and possible unexpected host immune interactions

Affiliations

• ¹ MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ² School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
• ³ Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
• ⁴ British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada.
• ⁵ Canadian Blood Services, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
• ⁶ Todd Hachette, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
• ⁷ Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• ⁸ National Center of Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Mongolia.
• ⁹ Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• ¹⁰ Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
• ¹¹ Molecular Diagnosis Diagnosis Unit, National University Hospital, Singapore.
• ¹² Canterbury Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• ¹³ Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: julian.tang@uhl-tr.nhs.uk.