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. 2020 Nov;26(11):1579-1581.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.06.027. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Reduction in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections during a COVID-19 outbreak

L E Wee  1 , E P Conceicao  2 , X Y J Sim  3 , K K K Ko  4 , M L Ling  2 , I Venkatachalam  3
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Reduction in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections during a COVID-19 outbreak

L E Wee et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Nov.
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Trend of healthcare-associated RVI at a tertiary-care hospital in Singapore over a 7-month period (October 2019 to April 2020) and by epidemiologic week from 2005 to 2020, after sequential implementation of infection control measures during a COVID-19 outbreak. COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; RVI, respiratory viral infection. a) Trend of common respiratory viral infections (excluding SARS-CoV-2) at a tertiary hospital in Singapore, after sequential implementation of infection control measures during a COVID-19 outbreak. b) Trend of hospital-acquired respiratory viral infections (excluding SARS-CoV-2) at a tertiary hospital in Singapore, by epidemiological-week, and testing volumes for respiratory virus panel from 2015–2020.
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