Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico

Impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on seasonal respiratory viruses is unknown in sub-tropical climates. We compared weekly testing and test-positivity of respiratory infections in the 2019-2020 respiratory season to the 2012-2018 seasons in southern Puerto Rico using Wilcoxon signed rank tests....

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2022-04, Vol.17 (4), p.e0266095-e0266095
Hauptverfasser:	Quandelacy, Talia M, Adams, Laura E, Munoz, Jorge, Santiago, Gilberto A, Kada, Sarah, Johansson, Michael A, Alvarado, Luisa I, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biology and life sciences Climate Control Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology Disease control Epidemics Evaluation Humans Infections Influenza Influenza A Influenza, Human - epidemiology Influenza, Human - prevention & control Medicine and Health Sciences Mitigation Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control People and places Prevention Public health Public health administration Puerto Rico Puerto Rico - epidemiology Rank tests Respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Seasons Social behavior Subtropical climates Trends Tropical climates Viral diseases Viral infections Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	Impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on seasonal respiratory viruses is unknown in sub-tropical climates. We compared weekly testing and test-positivity of respiratory infections in the 2019-2020 respiratory season to the 2012-2018 seasons in southern Puerto Rico using Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Compared to the average for the 2012-2018 seasons, test-positivity was significantly lower for Influenza A (p
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0266095