Social distancing to combat COVID-19 led to a marked decrease in food-borne infections and sexually transmitted diseases in Spain | Zendy

Rosa de Miguel Buckley | Zendy; Elena Trigo | Zendy; Fernando Calle | Zendy; Marta Arsuaga | Zendy; Marta DíazMenéndez | Zendy

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Social distancing to combat COVID-19 led to a marked decrease in food-borne infections and sexually transmitted diseases in Spain

Author(s) -

Rosa de Miguel Buckley,

Elena Trigo,

Fernando Calle,

Marta Arsuaga,

Marta DíazMenéndez

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taaa134

Subject(s) - social distance , medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , epidemiology , environmental health , virology , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak , pathology

Data from a recent epidemiological surveillance network showed a decrease in the reported number of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and food-borne infections. We reflect on the possible drivers and consequences of a decrease in these transmittable infectious diseases linked to human contact in relation to social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Madrid (Spain).

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