Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 Quarantine and School Cancelation on Other Common Infectious Diseases
Author(s) -
Joseph A. McBride,
Jens Eickhoff,
Ellen R. Wald
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002883
Subject(s) - quarantine , covid-19 , gonorrhea , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , otitis , incidence (geometry) , coronavirus , disease , pneumonia , pharyngitis , virology , intensive care medicine , immunology , outbreak , pathology , physics , surgery , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , optics
Coronavirus disease 2019 lead to wide-spread quarantines and cancelations. The impact of these measures on other, noncoronavirus disease 2019, infectious diseases was analyzed within Dane County, Wisconsin. The incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis and acute otitis media decreased during quarantine while gonorrhea increased. Quarantine had the expected result for infections spread via the respiratory route but a different effect from those transmitted through sexual activity.