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. 2021 Jul 3;26(1):67.
doi: 10.1186/s40001-021-00539-1.

Effects of COVID-19 prevention procedures on other common infections: a systematic review

Omid Dadras  1 , Seyed Ahmad Seyed Alinaghi  2 , Amirali Karimi  3 , Mehrzad MohsseniPour  2 , Alireza Barzegary  4 , Farzin Vahedi  3 , Zahra Pashaei  2 , Pegah Mirzapour  2 , Amirata Fakhfouri  4 , Ghazal Zargari  5 , Solmaz Saeidi  6 , Hengameh Mojdeganlou  7 , Hajar Badri  8 , Kowsar Qaderi  9 , Farzane Behnezhad  10 , Esmaeil Mehraeen  11
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Effects of COVID-19 prevention procedures on other common infections: a systematic review

Omid Dadras et al. Eur J Med Res. .

Abstract

Introduction: Since the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) began, necessary measures to prevent virus transmission and reduce mortality have been implemented, including mandatory public use of masks, regular hand-sanitizing and hand-washing, social distancing, avoidance of crowds, remote work, and cancellation of public events. During and after the introduction of COVID-19 lockout, we performed a systematic review of available published literature to investigate the incidence of seasonal influenza and other respiratory viral infections.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Research Gate, and the World Health Organization databases and websites were systematically searched for original studies concerning the impact of COVID-19 prevention means and measures on other common respiratory infectious diseases during the pandemic published by March 2021.

Results: The findings showed that the adherence to health protocols to prevent COVID-19 could help to reduce the incidence of other infectious diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Conclusion: The implemented prevention measures and protocols might have reduced the incidence of influenza and some other common respiratory infections. However, controversies exist on this matter and future large population-based studies might provide further information to address these controversies.

Keywords: COVID-19; Infection; Prevention; SARS-CoV-2.

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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript.

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