Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico.
<h4>Introduction</h4>Impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on seasonal respiratory viruses is unknown in sub-tropical climates.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared weekly testing and test-positivity of respiratory infections in the 2019-2020 respiratory season to the 2012-2018 seaso...
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| author | Talia M Quandelacy Laura E Adams Jorge Munoz Gilberto A Santiago Sarah Kada Michael A Johansson Luisa I Alvarado Vanessa Rivera-Amill Gabriela Paz-Bailey |
| author_facet | Talia M Quandelacy Laura E Adams Jorge Munoz Gilberto A Santiago Sarah Kada Michael A Johansson Luisa I Alvarado Vanessa Rivera-Amill Gabriela Paz-Bailey |
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| description | <h4>Introduction</h4>Impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on seasonal respiratory viruses is unknown in sub-tropical climates.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared weekly testing and test-positivity of respiratory infections in the 2019-2020 respiratory season to the 2012-2018 seasons in southern Puerto Rico using Wilcoxon signed rank tests.<h4>Results</h4>Compared to the average for the 2012-2018 seasons, test-positivity was significantly lower for Influenza A (p<0.001) & B (p<0.001), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (p<0.01), respiratory adenovirus (AdV) (p<0.05), and other respiratory viruses (p<0.001) following March 2020 COVID-19 stay at home orders.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Mitigation measures and behavioral social distancing choices may have reduced respiratory viral spread in southern Puerto Rico. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a405a2cf69449b2a2a9866e6616e4b42023-03-26T05:31:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01174e026609510.1371/journal.pone.0266095Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico.Talia M QuandelacyLaura E AdamsJorge MunozGilberto A SantiagoSarah KadaMichael A JohanssonLuisa I AlvaradoVanessa Rivera-AmillGabriela Paz-Bailey<h4>Introduction</h4>Impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on seasonal respiratory viruses is unknown in sub-tropical climates.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared weekly testing and test-positivity of respiratory infections in the 2019-2020 respiratory season to the 2012-2018 seasons in southern Puerto Rico using Wilcoxon signed rank tests.<h4>Results</h4>Compared to the average for the 2012-2018 seasons, test-positivity was significantly lower for Influenza A (p<0.001) & B (p<0.001), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (p<0.01), respiratory adenovirus (AdV) (p<0.05), and other respiratory viruses (p<0.001) following March 2020 COVID-19 stay at home orders.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Mitigation measures and behavioral social distancing choices may have reduced respiratory viral spread in southern Puerto Rico.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266095 |
| spellingShingle | Talia M Quandelacy Laura E Adams Jorge Munoz Gilberto A Santiago Sarah Kada Michael A Johansson Luisa I Alvarado Vanessa Rivera-Amill Gabriela Paz-Bailey Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico. PLoS ONE |
| title | Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico. |
| title_full | Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico. |
| title_fullStr | Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico. |
| title_short | Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico. |
| title_sort | reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the covid 19 pandemic in southern puerto rico |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266095 |
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