疫情过去,但呼吸道病毒的战场并未平静,新冠病毒、流感病毒及肺炎支原体等呼吸道病原体呈现“共流行”、“交替流行”、“混合感染”的新格局。这种“多重叠加”不仅让临床诊断更复杂,也对公共卫生与社会系统提出了前所未有的挑战。
疫情后的病毒生态系统发生重构,病毒之间的竞争与共存让防控更具不确定性。2023年厦门地区数据显示,分别有26.95%的新冠患者以及17.5%的流感患者合并其他呼吸道病原体感染(图1)1。2023年中部地区数据表明,儿童混合感染中常见甲型和乙型流感感染,也会出现三重感染的情况2。多病原的同步流行可能源自免疫干扰与群体免疫重塑,在经历大规模非药物干预(NPI)后,人群免疫出现“空窗”,多种呼吸道病毒间可能发生竞争或干扰,呈现不同步复苏的新格局3,4。因此,防控体系应由“逐个应对”升级为“协同应对”,整合流感病毒、新冠病毒、腺病毒以及支原体等多病原体共防框架,以减少系统资源浪费并提升应急响应速度。
图1 新冠和流感患者混合感染情况1
在混合感染时代,决定感染风险的已不再只是病原强度,而是人群特征。2024年~2025年数据显示,儿童对新兴病原株的易感性增加了2.3倍5。老年人是流感混合感染的易感人群6,合并基础疾病的患者更容易发展为重症7。此外,一项研究表明,孕妇患流感而住院的风险约非妊娠女性的三倍8。以上种种数据表明,防控体系应从“疾病为核心”转向“人群为核心”,在高危群体中推广个体化管理,并针对慢病患者建立“免疫档案”,实现长期追踪与干预9。
传统监测依赖病例上报与实验室确诊,但在多病原并行的背景下,这种模式往往“滞后一步”,使用多种预测模型主动预测或是未来的一大趋势。一项研究表明,使用气候相关的AIRS/EAKF预测模型,北方地区提前3~6周对流感高峰时间和强度的预测准确率为82%和60%(图2)10。公共卫生体系从“事后处置”转向“实时感知”,实现真正意义上的“主动防控”极为重要。

图2 使用模型预测北方地区流感高峰时间和强度10
联合防控的核心在于“多病共防”。2024~2025年数据显示,我国流感疫苗接种率仍然较低,普通人群接种率仅2.46%,老年以及慢病患者人群接种率不足15%5。值得一提的是,接种流感疫苗可显著降低呼吸道重症感染的发生风险11,12,对孕妇同样具有一定有效性13。而联合接种疫苗并不会增加不良反应的发生风险,且在老年人中可降低流感住院率14。在药物治疗方面,抗病毒药物(如法维拉韦)可缩短病程(减少了14.4小时),加快病毒清除(检测到病毒阴性的时间提前约2天)(图3);同时,在接种过疫苗的患者中,应用抗病毒药物可加快病情恢复(病情缓解时间缩短了26.9小时)15。未来,多价疫苗与抗病毒药物的联合应用策略将成为呼吸道疾病防控的新方向。

图3 抗病毒药物治疗流感的有效性15
混合感染防控不止是医疗体系的责任,更依赖公众行为的改变。一项研究发现,日常防护行为,包括通风、戴口罩、减少聚集等,可显著降低呼吸道感染发生风险16,17。另有一项研究表明,在季节性流感流行期间,仅37.69%的居民保持口罩佩戴的防护习惯18,说明“防疫行为疲劳”依然普遍存在。这意味着未来防控体系必然需要强化公众健康教育、数字化风险提示以及社区预警信号,促使居民在日常生活中形成“轻防控、高意识”的新常态(图4)。

图4 防控措施5
混合感染时代的复杂性不在病毒数量,而在防控策略的逻辑——从“防病毒”到“防人群”,从被动响应到主动预测,才是公共卫生的新方向。精准疫苗接种、抗病毒干预与社区行为引导的协同应用,将有效提升整体防控效能。
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