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. 2021 Mar 20;8(6):ofab105.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab105. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mitigation Strategies Were Associated With Decreases in Other Respiratory Virus Infections

Pranay Sinha  1 , Katherine Reifler  1 , Michael Rossi  1 , Manish Sagar  1
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mitigation Strategies Were Associated With Decreases in Other Respiratory Virus Infections

Pranay Sinha et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Detection of diverse respiratory viruses in Boston was approximately 80% lower after practices were instituted to limit coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread compared with the same time period during the previous 5 years. Continuing the strategies that lower COVID-19 dissemination may be useful in decreasing the incidence of other viral respiratory infections.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; mitigation strategies; respiratory viral infections; transmission.

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