The impact of COVID-19 preventative measures on airborne/droplet-transmitted infectious diseases in Taiwan

Chih-Cheng Lai¹, Shey-Ying Chen², Muh-Yong Yen³, Ping-Ing Lee⁴, Wen-Chien Ko⁵, Po-Ren Hsueh⁶

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Tainan Branch, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Quality Management, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsporen@ntu.edu.tw.

PMID: 33249105
PMCID: PMC7690307
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.029

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The impact of COVID-19 preventative measures on airborne/droplet-transmitted infectious diseases in Taiwan

Chih-Cheng Lai et al. J Infect. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;82(3):e30-e31.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.029. Epub 2020 Nov 26.

Authors

Chih-Cheng Lai¹, Shey-Ying Chen², Muh-Yong Yen³, Ping-Ing Lee⁴, Wen-Chien Ko⁵, Po-Ren Hsueh⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Tainan Branch, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Quality Management, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsporen@ntu.edu.tw.

PMID: 33249105
PMCID: PMC7690307
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.029

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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