Decreased Influenza Incidence under COVID-19 Control Measures, Singapore

We compared indicators of influenza activity in 2020 before and after public health measures were taken to reduce coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the corresponding indicators from 3 preceding years. Influenza activity declined substantially, suggesting that the measures taken for COVID-19 were e...

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Autores principales: Soo, Roy Jiunn Jye, Chiew, Calvin J., Ma, Stefan, Pung, Rachael, Lee, Vernon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32339092
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201229
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spelling pubmed-73924672020-08-06 Decreased Influenza Incidence under COVID-19 Control Measures, Singapore Soo, Roy Jiunn Jye Chiew, Calvin J. Ma, Stefan Pung, Rachael Lee, Vernon Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We compared indicators of influenza activity in 2020 before and after public health measures were taken to reduce coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the corresponding indicators from 3 preceding years. Influenza activity declined substantially, suggesting that the measures taken for COVID-19 were effective in reducing spread of other viral respiratory diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7392467/ /pubmed/32339092 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201229 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This 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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title_fullStr Decreased Influenza Incidence under COVID-19 Control Measures, Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Decreased Influenza Incidence under COVID-19 Control Measures, Singapore
title_short Decreased Influenza Incidence under COVID-19 Control Measures, Singapore
title_sort decreased influenza incidence under covid-19 control measures, singapore
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392467/
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