TY - JOUR AU - Yum, Sujin AU - Hong, Kwan AU - Sohn, Sangho AU - Kim, Jeehyun AU - Chun, Byung Chul T1 - Trends in Viral Respiratory Infections During COVID-19 Pandemic, South Korea T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 6 SP - 1685 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We compared weekly positivity rates of 8 respiratory viruses in South Korea during 2010–2019 and 2020. The overall mean positivity rate for these viruses decreased from 54.7% in 2010–2019 to 39.1% in 2020. Pandemic control measures might have reduced the incidence of many, but not all, viral respiratory infections. KW - COVID-19 KW - acute respiratory infections KW - rhinoviruses KW - bocaviruses KW - adenoviruses KW - influenza KW - human coronaviruses KW - respiratory syncytial virus KW - laboratory surveillance KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronaviruses KW - South Korea DO - 10.3201/eid2706.210135 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/6/21-0135_article ER - End of Reference