Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Used to Control COVID-19 Reduced Seasonal Influenza Transmission in China
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- Hao Lei
- School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Modi Xu
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Xiao Wang
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Yu Xie
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Xiangjun Du
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Tao Chen
- National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory for Medical Virology, National Health Commission, Beijing, China
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- Lei Yang
- National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory for Medical Virology, National Health Commission, Beijing, China
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- Dayan Wang
- National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory for Medical Virology, National Health Commission, Beijing, China
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- Yuelong Shu
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Description
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>To suppress the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has implemented nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Because COVID-19 and influenza have similar means of transmission, NPIs targeting COVID-19 may also affect influenza transmission. In this study, the extent to which NPIs targeting COVID-19 have affected seasonal influenza transmission was explored. Indicators of seasonal influenza activity in the epidemiological year 2019–2020 were compared with those in 2017–2018 and 2018–2019. The incidence rate of seasonal influenza reduced by 64% in 2019–2020 (P < .001). These findings suggest that NPIs aimed at controlling COVID-19 significantly reduced seasonal influenza transmission in China.</jats:p>
Journal
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- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases 222 (11), 1780-1783, 2020-09-08
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360574096242871936
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- ISSN
- 15376613
- 00221899
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- Data Source
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- Crossref