Physical distancing reduced the incidence of influenza and supports a favorable impact on SARS-CoV-2 spread in Mexico | Zendy

Efrén MurilloZamora | Zendy; José Guzmán-Esquivel | Zendy; Ramón Alberto Sánchez-Piña | Zendy; José Guillermo Cedeño Laurent | Zendy; Iván DelgadoEnciso | Zendy; Oliver MendozaCano | Zendy

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Physical distancing reduced the incidence of influenza and supports a favorable impact on SARS-CoV-2 spread in Mexico

Author(s) -

Efrén MurilloZamora,

José Guzmán-Esquivel,

Ramón Alberto Sánchez-Piña,

José Guillermo Cedeño Laurent,

Iván DelgadoEnciso,

Oliver MendozaCano

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.13250

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , pandemic , social distance , medicine , poisson regression , distancing , covid-19 , epidemiology , demography , virology , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , population , physics , sociology , optics

Physical distancing preventive measures were implemented in Mexico as a response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (CoViD-19) pandemic. School closures occurred on March 16, 2020, in 10 out of 32 Mexican states, and one week later in the remaining states. Because the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the influenza virus have similar transmission mechanisms, we aimed to evaluate the impact of physical distancing on the incidence of influenza as a proxy of the impact on SARS-CoV-2 contagion.

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