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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Research Letter

Effects of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Other Common Infections, Taiwan

Hong-Hsi Lee and Sheng-Hsuan LinComments to Author 
Author affiliations: New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA (H.H. Lee); National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (S.H. Lin)

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Infection activities and measures against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taiwan, 2015–2020, comparing activities of influenza, severe complicated influenza, pneumonia, enterovirus infection, and scarlet fever during the 2019–20 influenza season versus the same data for the 5 previous influenza seasons by using difference-in-difference analysis. A) Number of cases of influenza, pneumonia, and enterovirus infection; B) number of cases of severe complicated influenza and scarlet fever; C) differ

Figure. Infection activities and measures against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taiwan, 2015–2020, comparing activities of influenza, severe complicated influenza, pneumonia, enterovirus infection, and scarlet fever during the 2019–20 influenza season versus the same data for the 5 previous influenza seasons by using difference-in-difference analysis. A) Number of cases of influenza, pneumonia, and enterovirus infection; B) number of cases of severe complicated influenza and scarlet fever; C) difference-in-difference value in 2020 vs. 2015–2019 (95% credible interval [CrI]) for influenza, pneumonia, and enterovirus infection; D) difference-in-difference value in 2020 vs. 2015–2019 (95% CrI) for severe complicated influenza and scarlet fever. Negative 95% CrI indicates fewer cases in the 2019–20 season than in the 5 previous seasons (p<0.05). Vertical dotted lines indicate timeline of actions and policies against COVID-19 (weeks 4, 6, 7, and 14; see panel B). WHO, World Health Organization; K-12, kindergarten through 12th grade.

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