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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 27;26(8). doi: 10.3201/eid2608.201192. [Epub ahead of print]
Collateral Benefit of COVID-19 Control Measures on Influenza Activity, Taiwan.
Kuo SC, Shih SM, Chien LH, Hsiung CA.
Abstract
Taiwan has strictly followed infection control measures to prevent spread of coronavirus disease. Meanwhile, nationwide surveillance data revealed drastic decreases in influenza diagnoses in outpatient departments, positivity rates of clinical specimens, and confirmed severe cases during the first 12 weeks of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Taiwan; coronavirus disease; infection control measures; influenza; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses
PMID:32339091DOI:10.3201/eid2608.201192
Collateral Benefit of COVID-19 Control Measures on Influenza Activity, Taiwan.
Kuo SC, Shih SM, Chien LH, Hsiung CA.
Abstract
Taiwan has strictly followed infection control measures to prevent spread of coronavirus disease. Meanwhile, nationwide surveillance data revealed drastic decreases in influenza diagnoses in outpatient departments, positivity rates of clinical specimens, and confirmed severe cases during the first 12 weeks of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Taiwan; coronavirus disease; infection control measures; influenza; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses
PMID:32339091DOI:10.3201/eid2608.201192