Key result
Adherence to nonpharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was associated with up to a 90% preventable fraction of nonpolio enterovirus activity among children.
Why the study?
Do nonpharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic reduce nonpolio enterovirus activity in Taiwan?
Observational
Yes
Do nonpharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic reduce nonpolio enterovirus activity in Taiwan?
Nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented for COVID-19 were associated with a significant reduction in nonpolio enterovirus activity in Taiwan.
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NPIs may curb nonpolio enterovirus transmission; leaves open whether targeted measures merit routine adoption outside pandemics.
In Taiwan, lower nonpolio enterovirus activity during the coronavirus disease pandemic in 2020 compared with 2014-2019 might be attributable to adherence to nonpharmaceutical interventions. The preventable fraction among unexposed persons indicated that 90% of nonpolio enterovirus activity might have been prevented during 2014-2019 by adopting the same measures enforced in 2020.
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Kuo et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Nonpolio enterovirus (NPEV) infection. Nonpharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic vs. 2014-2019 seasons (pre-COVID-19) was evaluated on Preventable fraction among the unexposed (PFu) of NPEV activity during week 23 (PFu 0.90, 95% CI 0.87-0.91). Adherence to nonpharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was associated with up to a 90% preventable fraction of nonpolio enterovirus activity among children.
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