Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19

Abstract Mexico took swift action and has strictly followed mitigation measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease, COVID-19. In this study we compared influenza activity indicators in our country after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19. We compared indicators of in...

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Autores principales:	Daniel Arellanos-Soto, Gerardo Padilla-Rivas, Javier Ramos-Jimenez, Kame Galan-Huerta, Sonia Lozano-Sepulveda, Natalia Martinez-Acuña, Consuelo Treviño-Garza, Roberto Montes-de-Oca-Luna, Manuel de-la-O-Cavazos, Ana Maria Rivas-Estilla
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4717cb1f29f2444b82aa2cc21c2783812021-12-02T14:49:18ZDecline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-1910.1038/s41598-021-90329-w2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/4717cb1f29f2444b82aa2cc21c2783812021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90329-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Mexico took swift action and has strictly followed mitigation measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease, COVID-19. In this study we compared influenza activity indicators in our country after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19. We compared indicators of influenza activity in 2020 before and after public health measures were taken to reduce COVID-19 with the corresponding indicators from three preceding years and the immediate one, and the potential decrease in seasonal influenza cases/deaths. Nationwide surveillance data revealed a drastic decline in influenza diagnosis in outpatient clinics and public hospitals, influenza positivity rates of clinical specimens, and confirmed severe cases during the following 10 weeks of 2020 as lockdown activities and control measures were established compared with the same period of 2019. Our results suggest that the measures taken for COVID-19 were effective in reducing the spread of other viral respiratory diseases as influenza in our country.Daniel Arellanos-SotoGerardo Padilla-RivasJavier Ramos-JimenezKame Galan-HuertaSonia Lozano-SepulvedaNatalia Martinez-AcuñaConsuelo Treviño-GarzaRoberto Montes-de-Oca-LunaManuel de-la-O-CavazosAna Maria Rivas-EstillaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Daniel Arellanos-Soto Gerardo Padilla-Rivas Javier Ramos-Jimenez Kame Galan-Huerta Sonia Lozano-Sepulveda Natalia Martinez-Acuña Consuelo Treviño-Garza Roberto Montes-de-Oca-Luna Manuel de-la-O-Cavazos Ana Maria Rivas-Estilla Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19
description	Abstract Mexico took swift action and has strictly followed mitigation measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease, COVID-19. In this study we compared influenza activity indicators in our country after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19. We compared indicators of influenza activity in 2020 before and after public health measures were taken to reduce COVID-19 with the corresponding indicators from three preceding years and the immediate one, and the potential decrease in seasonal influenza cases/deaths. Nationwide surveillance data revealed a drastic decline in influenza diagnosis in outpatient clinics and public hospitals, influenza positivity rates of clinical specimens, and confirmed severe cases during the following 10 weeks of 2020 as lockdown activities and control measures were established compared with the same period of 2019. Our results suggest that the measures taken for COVID-19 were effective in reducing the spread of other viral respiratory diseases as influenza in our country.
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author	Daniel Arellanos-Soto Gerardo Padilla-Rivas Javier Ramos-Jimenez Kame Galan-Huerta Sonia Lozano-Sepulveda Natalia Martinez-Acuña Consuelo Treviño-Garza Roberto Montes-de-Oca-Luna Manuel de-la-O-Cavazos Ana Maria Rivas-Estilla
author_facet	Daniel Arellanos-Soto Gerardo Padilla-Rivas Javier Ramos-Jimenez Kame Galan-Huerta Sonia Lozano-Sepulveda Natalia Martinez-Acuña Consuelo Treviño-Garza Roberto Montes-de-Oca-Luna Manuel de-la-O-Cavazos Ana Maria Rivas-Estilla
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title	Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19
title_short	Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19
title_full	Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19
title_fullStr	Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed	Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19
title_sort	decline in influenza cases in mexico after the implementation of public health measures for covid-19
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Decline in influenza cases in Mexico after the implementation of public health measures for COVID-19

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