Racial and ethnic disparities in viral acute respiratory infections in the United States: protocol of a systematic review

DiscussionFindings from this systematic review will shed light on patterns of racial and ethnic disparities in viral ARI in the United States to support mathematical modeling of epidemic trajectories, intervention impact, and structural drivers of transmission, including structural racism. Moreover, data emerging from this review may reignite pandemic preparedness focused on communities with specific vulnerabilities related to living and working conditions given prevailing structural inequities, thus facilitating improved future pandemic responses to novel or endemic viral respiratory pathogens.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO CRD42020219771
Source: Systematic Reviews - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research