The incidence of influenza in children was decreased in the first flu season after COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Xinghua Long¹  Chen Xu²  Wenjie Huang³  Xianqun Xu³  Wen Xie³  Xiaosi Yu³ 

[1] Corresponding authors at: Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, 169 Donghu Road, Wuhan, China.;Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, China;Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;

关键词: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2;    Respiratory infections;    SARS-CoV-2;    COVID-19;    Influenza;    Infection control measures;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Wuhan, China was the first city to discover COVID-19. With the government's macro-control and the active cooperation of the public, the spread of COVID-19 has been effectively controlled. In order to understand the additional impact of these measures on the prevalence of common influenza, we have collected flu test data from the Pediatric Clinic of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University from September to December 2020, and compared them with the same period in 2018 and 2019. It is found that compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019, the rate of children's influenza activity in 2020 has significantly decreased, which indicates that the protective measures against COVID-19 have effectively reduced the level of influenza activity.

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