Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of other communicable diseases in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To elucidate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of other infectious diseases.

Design

We investigated the epidemiology of 36 communicable diseases during 2015-2021 in Japan and compared the number of cases in each disease between the prepandemic (2015-2019) and intrapandemic (2020-2021) periods. Relationships between the incidence of the infectious diseases and the COVID-19 pandemic were also investigated.

Results

Of 36 communicable diseases, the number of cases in the 27 diseases (75%) mainly caused by pathogens transmitted by droplet or contact was lower intrapandemic than prepandemic, and the cases of 21 diseases (58%) continued to decrease intrapandemic. The number of cases of six diseases (17%) was higher intrapandemic than prepande

SUBMITTER: Hirae K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837205 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature