Decreased prevalence rate of respiratory pathogens in hospitalized patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: possible role for public health containment measures?

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.007

. 2020 Dec 31;27(5):811-812.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.007. Online ahead of print.

Decreased prevalence rate of respiratory pathogens in hospitalized patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: possible role for public health containment measures?

Yonatan Oster¹, Ayelet Michael-Gayego², Mila Rivkin³, Leonid Levinson³, Dana G Wolf⁴, Ran Nir-Paz⁵

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¹ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Clinical Virology Unit, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Clinical Virology Unit, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address: ran.nir-paz@mail.huji.ac.il.

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PMCID: PMC7833997
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.007

Decreased prevalence rate of respiratory pathogens in hospitalized patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: possible role for public health containment measures?

Yonatan Oster et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 31;27(5):811-812.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.007. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yonatan Oster¹, Ayelet Michael-Gayego², Mila Rivkin³, Leonid Levinson³, Dana G Wolf⁴, Ran Nir-Paz⁵

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Clinical Virology Unit, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Clinical Virology Unit, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address: ran.nir-paz@mail.huji.ac.il.

PMID: 33352303
PMCID: PMC7833997
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.007

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[1] Angoulvant F., Ouldali N., Yang D.D., Filser M., Gajdos V., Rybak A. COVID-19 pandemic: impact caused by school closure and national lockdown on pediatric visits and admissions for viral and non-viral infections, a time series analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2020:ciaa710. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa710. (published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 3) - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Angoulvant F., Ouldali N., Yang D.D., Filser M., Gajdos V., Rybak A. COVID-19 pandemic: impact caused by school closure and national lockdown on pediatric visits and admissions for viral and non-viral infections, a time series analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2020:ciaa710. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa710. (published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 3) - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Kuitunen I., Artama M., Mäkelä L., Backman K., Heiskanen-Kosma T., Renko T. Effect of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of viral respiratory tract infections in children in Finland during early 2020. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002845. (published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 28) - DOI - PubMed

[4] Kuitunen I., Artama M., Mäkelä L., Backman K., Heiskanen-Kosma T., Renko T. Effect of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of viral respiratory tract infections in children in Finland during early 2020. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002845. (published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 28) - DOI - PubMed

[5] Nolen L.D., Seeman S., Bruden D., Klejka J., Desnoyers C., Tiesinga J. Impact of social distancing and travel restrictions on non-COVID-19 respiratory hospital admissions in young children in rural Alaska. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1328. (published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 5) - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Nolen L.D., Seeman S., Bruden D., Klejka J., Desnoyers C., Tiesinga J. Impact of social distancing and travel restrictions on non-COVID-19 respiratory hospital admissions in young children in rural Alaska. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1328. (published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 5) - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Australian influenza surveillance report No. 11, 24 August to 6 September 2020. Australian Government Department of Health; 2020. https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ozflu-su... Updated September 11, 2020.

[8] Australian influenza surveillance report No. 11, 24 August to 6 September 2020. Australian Government Department of Health; 2020. https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ozflu-su... Updated September 11, 2020.

[9] Lee H., Lee H., Song K.H., Kim E.S., Park J.S., Jung J. Impact of public health interventions on seasonal influenza activity during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Korea. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa672. (published online ahead of print, 2020 May 30) - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Lee H., Lee H., Song K.H., Kim E.S., Park J.S., Jung J. Impact of public health interventions on seasonal influenza activity during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Korea. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa672. (published online ahead of print, 2020 May 30) - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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