Collateral Benefit of COVID-19 Control Measures on Influenza Activity, Taiwan
- 1 August 2020
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 26 (8), 1928-1930
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201192
Abstract
Taiwan has strictly followed infection control measures to prevent spread of coronavirus disease. Meanwhile, nationwide surveillance data revealed drastic decreases in influenza diagnoses in outpatient departments, positivity rates of clinical specimens, and confirmed severe cases during the first 12 weeks of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019.Keywords
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