Effects of COVID-19 prevention procedures on other common infections: a systematic review

European Journal of Medical Research

Esmaeil Mehraeen¹  Solmaz Saeidi²  Hengameh Mojdeganlou³  Farzane Behnezhad⁴  Zahra Pashaei⁵  Mehrzad MohsseniPour⁵  Seyed Ahmad Seyed Alinaghi⁵  Pegah Mirzapour⁵  Kowsar Qaderi⁶  Hajar Badri⁷  Ghazal Zargari⁸  Alireza Barzegary⁹  Amirata Fakhfouri⁹  Farzin Vahedi^1,10  Amirali Karimi^1,10  Omid Dadras^1,11 

[1] Department of Health Information Technology, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, 1419733141, Khalkhal, Iran;Department of Nursing, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran;Department of Pathology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran;Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran;School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;School of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;School of Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand;

关键词: COVID-19;    SARS-CoV-2;    Infection;    Prevention;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40001-021-00539-1

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionSince the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) began, necessary measures to prevent virus transmission and reduce mortality have been implemented, including mandatory public use of masks, regular hand-sanitizing and hand-washing, social distancing, avoidance of crowds, remote work, and cancellation of public events. During and after the introduction of COVID-19 lockout, we performed a systematic review of available published literature to investigate the incidence of seasonal influenza and other respiratory viral infections.MethodsPubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Research Gate, and the World Health Organization databases and websites were systematically searched for original studies concerning the impact of COVID-19 prevention means and measures on other common respiratory infectious diseases during the pandemic published by March 2021.ResultsThe findings showed that the adherence to health protocols to prevent COVID-19 could help to reduce the incidence of other infectious diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.ConclusionThe implemented prevention measures and protocols might have reduced the incidence of influenza and some other common respiratory infections. However, controversies exist on this matter and future large population-based studies might provide further information to address these controversies.

【 授权许可】

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