The Effect of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Mitigation Strategies on Seasonal Respiratory Viruses: A Tale of 2 Large Metropolitan Centers in the United States
Author(s) -
Amy C Sherman,
Ahmed Babiker,
Andrew Sieben,
Alexander Pyden,
James P. Steinberg,
Colleen S. Kraft,
Katia Koelle,
Sanjat Kanjilal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1704
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory system , covid-19 , pandemic , transmission (telecommunications) , coronavirus , betacoronavirus , virology , public health , respiratory disease , disease , outbreak , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering
To assess the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic on seasonal respiratory viruses, absolute case counts and viral reproductive rates from 2019–2020 were compared against previous seasons. Our findings suggest that the public health measures implemented to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission significantly reduced the transmission of other respiratory viruses.
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