Disappearance and Re-Emergence of Influenza during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Association with Infection Control Measures.

ABSTRACT: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the influenza virus had a very low prevalence, and in many areas, outbreaks were almost non-existent. In this study, the associations between infection control measures taken for COVID-19 and the global disappearance of the influenza virus were investigated. The detection rate of influenza from baseline was investigated during four seasons (12 weeks from epidemiological week 49 in 2020 and 2021 and 12 weeks from epidemiological week 23 in 2020 and 2021) in each country participating in the surveillance system of the World Health Organization. Three measures of infection control: mask use ratio, social distancing index (an index of human mobility and physical distance obligations), and an index of stringency of measures taken by autho

SUBMITTER: Takeuchi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9862942 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature