Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023

Soon after a mask mandate was relaxed (March 1, 2023), the first post–COVID-19 influenza season in Hong Kong lasted 12 weeks. After other preventive measures were accounted for, mask wearing was associated with an estimated 25% reduction in influenza transmission. Influenza resurgence probably resul...

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Autores principales: Xiong, Weijia, Cowling, Benjamin J., Tsang, Tim K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10683823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37885047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2912.230937
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description Soon after a mask mandate was relaxed (March 1, 2023), the first post–COVID-19 influenza season in Hong Kong lasted 12 weeks. After other preventive measures were accounted for, mask wearing was associated with an estimated 25% reduction in influenza transmission. Influenza resurgence probably resulted from relaxation of mask mandates and other measures.
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spelling pubmed-106838232023-12-01 Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023 Xiong, Weijia Cowling, Benjamin J. Tsang, Tim K. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Soon after a mask mandate was relaxed (March 1, 2023), the first post–COVID-19 influenza season in Hong Kong lasted 12 weeks. After other preventive measures were accounted for, mask wearing was associated with an estimated 25% reduction in influenza transmission. Influenza resurgence probably resulted from relaxation of mask mandates and other measures. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10683823/ /pubmed/37885047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2912.230937 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Xiong, Weijia
Cowling, Benjamin J.
Tsang, Tim K.
Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
title Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
title_full Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
title_fullStr Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
title_full_unstemmed Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
title_short Influenza Resurgence after Relaxation of Public Health and Social Measures, Hong Kong, 2023
title_sort influenza resurgence after relaxation of public health and social measures, hong kong, 2023
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10683823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37885047
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