Co-benefits of nonpharmaceutical intervention against COVID-19 on infectious diseases in China: A large population-based observational study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are public health measures that aim to suppress the transmission of infectious diseases, including border restrictions, quarantine and isolation, community management, social distancing, face mask usage, and personal hygiene. This research aimed to assess the co-benefits of NPIs against COVID-19 on notifiable infectious diseases (NIDs) in Guangdong Province, China. Methods: Based on NID data from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases Surveillance System in Guangdong, we first compared the incidence of NIDs during the emergency response period (weeks 4-53 of 2020) with those in the same period of 2015-2019 and then compared that with the expected incidence during the synchronous period of 2020 for each city by using a Bayesian st

SUBMITTER: Xiao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8484818 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature