SynthesisEuropean journal of medical research2021
Effects of COVID-19 prevention procedures on other common infections: a systematic review.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effectiveness of social distancing measures and lockdowns for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare, community-based settings.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Indirect positive health outcomes of COVID-19: a systematic review.Public health · 2023Pooled it
- The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on service delivery and treatment outcomes in people living with HIV: a systematic review.AIDS research and therapy · 2023Pooled it
- Public acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines and its predictors in Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) countries: a systematic review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 mortality in patients with immunodeficiency and its predictors: a systematic review.European journal of medical research · 2022Pooled it
- Effective factors in people's preventive behaviors during covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Reinfection in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.Global health research and policy · 2022Pooled it
- The relationship between COVID-19 viral load and disease severity: A systematic review.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review.European journal of medical research · 2021Pooled it
- Telemedicine technologies and applications in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Health informatics journalPooled it
- Epidemic trends and characteristics of notifiable infectious diseases in mainland China during the COVID-19: a nationwide surveillance study, 2020-2024.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Women's experiences of the assessment and management of urinary tract infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis of free-text comments from a national survey in England.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- Trends and seasonal variation in gastrointestinal infections in Tanzania: Analysis of 5-year DHIS2 data toward implementing the sampling cycles and metagenomic analyses.IJID regions · 2025Article
- Impact of the urban atmospheric environment on otolaryngologic disease outpatient visits in Lanzhou, China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Absences Due to Respiratory Infections, Including COVID-19, Among Medical Staff in a Regional Pediatric Hospital.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Spatial-temporal evolution patterns of influenza incidence in plateau regions from 2009 to 2023.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The role of social influence on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and acceptance in Tanzania.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Bayesian poisson regression tensor train decomposition model for learning mortality pattern changes during COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of applied statistics · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding TB among senior management officials of companies with increased silica dust exposure in Lusaka and Southern provinces of Zambia.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionSince the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) began, necessary measures to prevent virus transmission and reduce mortality have been implemented, including mandatory public use of masks, regular hand-sanitizing and hand-washing, social distancing, avoidance of crowds, remote work, and cancellation of public events. During and after the introduction of COVID-19 lockout, we performed a systematic review of available published literature to investigate the incidence of seasonal influenza and other respiratory viral infections.
methodsPubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Research Gate, and the World Health Organization databases and websites were systematically searched for original studies concerning the impact of COVID-19 prevention means and measures on other common respiratory infectious diseases during the pandemic published by March 2021.
resultsThe findings showed that the adherence to health protocols to prevent COVID-19 could help to reduce the incidence of other infectious diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
conclusionThe implemented prevention measures and protocols might have reduced the incidence of influenza and some other common respiratory infections. However, controversies exist on this matter and future large population-based studies might provide further information to address these controversies.
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