In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 16, No. 6 ( 2021-6-14), p. e0252963-
Abstract:
During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, social distancing was effective in controlling disease spread across South Korea. The impact of national social distancing on the spread of common respiratory virus infections has rarely been investigated. We evaluated the weekly proportion of negative respiratory virus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results and weekly positive rates of each respiratory virus during the social distancing period (10th–41st weeks of 2020) and the corresponding period in different years, utilizing the national respiratory virus surveillance dataset reported by the Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportions of negative respiratory virus PCR test results increased up to 87.8% and 86.1% during level 3 and level 2 of the social distancing period, respectively. The higher the level of social distancing, the higher the proportion of negative respiratory virus PCR test results. During the social distancing period, the mean weekly positive rates for parainfluenza virus, influenza virus, human coronavirus, and human metapneumovirus were significantly lower than those during the same period in 2015–2019 (0.1% vs. 9.3%, P 〈 0.001; 0.1% vs. 7.2%, P 〈 0.001; 0.4% vs. 2.3%, P 〈 0.001; and 0.2% vs. 5.3%, P 〈 0.001, respectively). The mean positive rate for rhinovirus/enterovirus during level 3 social distancing was lower than that in the same period in 2015–2019 (8.5% vs. 19.0%, P 〈 0.001), but the rate during level 1 social distancing was higher than that in the same period in 2015–2019 (38.3% vs. 19.4%, P 〈 0.001). The national application of social distancing reduced the spread of common respiratory virus infections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0252963
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10.1371/journal.pone.0252963.g001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0252963.g002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0252963.g003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0252963.s001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0252963.r006
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10.1371/journal.pone.0252963.r007
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10.1371/journal.pone.0252963.r008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2021
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