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Collateral Benefit of COVID-19 Control Measures on Influenza Activity, Taiwan.

Kuo, Shu-Chen; Shih, Shu-Man; Chien, Li-Hsin; Hsiung, Chao A.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(8): 1928-1930, 2020 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-133184

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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.

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Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity , Communicable Disease Control/methods , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Disease Outbreaks , Influenza, Human/epidemiology , Influenza, Human/prevention & control , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Betacoronavirus/physiology , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/methods , Coinfection , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/transmission , Humans , Hygiene , Incidence , Influenza A virus/pathogenicity , Influenza A virus/physiology , Influenza B virus/pathogenicity , Influenza B virus/physiology , Influenza, Human/diagnosis , Influenza, Human/transmission , Masks/supply & distribution , Office Visits/statistics & numerical data , Outpatients , Physical Distancing , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/transmission , Quarantine/methods , SARS-CoV-2 , Taiwan/epidemiology

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