| Literature DB >> 32898256 |
Hao Lei1, Modi Xu2, Xiao Wang2, Yu Xie2, Xiangjun Du2, Tao Chen3, Lei Yang3, Dayan Wang3, Yuelong Shu2.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: nonpharmaceutical interventions; COVID-19; incidence; influenza
Mesh:
Year: 2020 PMID: 32898256 PMCID: PMC7499620 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa570
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226