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Comment
. 2021 Oct;83(4):496-522.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.07.022. Epub 2021 Jul 25.

Increase in circulation of non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viruses following easing of social distancing is associated with increasing hospital attendance

Alex R Tanner  1 , Nathan J Brendish  2 , Stephen Poole  2 , Jessica Pregon  3 , Tristan W Clark  4
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Increase in circulation of non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viruses following easing of social distancing is associated with increasing hospital attendance

Alex R Tanner et al. J Infect. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest ART, NJB, SP, JP - None. TWC reports non-financial support from QIAGEN, during the conduct of the study, personal fees and non-financial support from BioMerieux and BioFire LLC, and personal fees from Synairgen, Roche, Cidara Therapeutics, Janssen, and Randox Laboratories, outside of the submitted work.

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Fig. 1
Proportion of tests positive for non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viruses over time.
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Emergency department attendances with acute respiratory illness, March to June 2021.
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