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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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Table

Statistical significance according to difference-in-difference analysis of activities of influenza, severe complicated influenza, pneumonia, enterovirus infection, and scarlet fever during the 2019–20 season versus 5 previous seasons, Taiwan, 2015–2020*

Calendar week p value
Influenza Severe complicated influenza Pneumonia Enterovirus Scarlet fever
1 0.76 0.22 0.71 0.83 0.64
2 0.83 0.21 0.26 0.94 0.27
3 0.80 0.53 0.27 0.81 0.41
4
 0.52
 0.82
 0.76
 0.62
 0.19
5 0.22 0.75 0.02 0.10 0.005
6
 0.25
 0.08
 0.33
 0.44
 0.38
7
 0.002
 <0.001
 0.13
 0.46
 0.56
8 <0.001 <0.001 0.001 0.38 0.09
9 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.37 0.11
10 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.37 0.008
11 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.21 <0.001
12 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.15 0.001
13 <0.001 0.001 <0.001 0.13 0.002
14
 <0.001
 0.002
 <0.001
 0.09
 <0.001
15 <0.001 0.003 <0.001 0.07 <0.001
16 <0.001 0.004 <0.001 0.03 <0.001
17 <0.001 0.001 <0.001 0.009 <0.001
18 <0.001 0.002 <0.001 0.004 <0.001

*Boldface indicates significance at p<0.05.

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