Substantial Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Hong Kong

Compared with other countries, a more substantial decrease in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease was observed in Hong Kong, which is most likely attributable to the proactive mass adoption of face masks by the public. Human behavioral changes, particularly mask wearing, should be conside...

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Autores principales: Teng, Jade L L, Fok, Kenny M N, Lin, Ken P K, Chan, Elaine, Ma, Yuanchao, Lau, Susanna K P, Woo, Patrick C Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8135303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33907808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab382
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Ma, Yuanchao
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spelling pubmed-81353032021-05-21 Substantial Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Hong Kong Teng, Jade L L Fok, Kenny M N Lin, Ken P K Chan, Elaine Ma, Yuanchao Lau, Susanna K P Woo, Patrick C Y Clin Infect Dis Brief Reports Compared with other countries, a more substantial decrease in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease was observed in Hong Kong, which is most likely attributable to the proactive mass adoption of face masks by the public. Human behavioral changes, particularly mask wearing, should be considered as an additional preventive strategy against invasive pneumococcal disease. Oxford University Press 2021-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8135303/ /pubmed/33907808 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab382 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab382
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