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ArticleFrontiers in public health2024

Influence of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic on respiratory viral infections - a prospective population-based cohort study.

Nadja Käding, Frederike Waldeck, Bjarne Meier, Sébastien Boutin, Max Borsche, Alexander Balck, Bandik Föh, Jan Kramer, Christine Klein, Alexander Katalinic and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Nadja Käding *Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
Frederike Waldeck *Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
Bjarne MeierDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
Sébastien BoutinDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
Max BorscheInstitute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Alexander BalckInstitute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Bandik FöhDepartment of Medicine I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
Jan KramerLADR Laboratory Group Dr. Kramer and Colleagues, Geesthacht, Germany.
Christine KleinInstitute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Alexander KatalinicInstitute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Jan RuppDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) have been proven successful in a population-based approach to protect from SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequential-effect, a reduction in the spread of all respiratory viruses has been observed, but the primary factors behind this phenomenon have yet to be identified. We conducted a subgroup analysis of participants from the ELISA study, a prospective longitudinal cohort study on SARS-CoV-2 transmission, at four timepoints from November 2020 - September 2022. The aim was to provide a detailed overview of the circulation of respiratory viruses over 2 years and to identify potential personal risk factors of virus distribution. All participants were screened using qPCR for respiratory viral infections from nasopharyngeal swabs and answered a questionnaire regarding behavioral factors. Several categories of risk factors for the transmission of respiratory viruses were evaluated using a scoring system. In total, 1,124 participants were included in the study, showing high adherence to governmental-introduced NPI. The overall number of respiratory virus infections was low (0-4.9% of participants), with adenovirus (1.7%), rhino-/enterovirus (3.2%) and SARS-CoV-2 (1.2%) being the most abundant. We detected an inverse correlation between the number and intensity of NPI and the number of detected respiratory viruses. More precisely, the attendance of social events and household size was associated with rhino-/enterovirus infection while social contacts were associated with being positive for any virus. NPI introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the occurrence of seasonal respiratory viruses in our study, showing different risk-factors for enhanced transmission between viruses. Trial registration: DRKS.de, German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS), Identifier: DRKS00023418, Registered on 28 October 2020.

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COVID-19Respiratory Tract InfectionsSARS-CoV-2AdolescentAdultAgedFemaleGermanyHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPhysical DistancingProspective StudiesRisk FactorsYoung Adultbehavioral factorsinfection risknon-pharmaceutical interventionsrespiratory virusesvirus distribution

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