评估COVID-19对流感患病率的影响:一个多中心时间序列研究
Khalid Bin Saleh1, Hisham A Badreldin1, Tariq Alqahtani2
1King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Journal of infection and public health
|October 25, 2023
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,沙特阿拉伯的流感发病率显著降低,在2020-2021年期间,与大流行前几年相比,观察到的病例较少. 尽管测试率相对较高,但这种下降发生了,这表明公共卫生干预措施的潜在影响.
科学领域:
- 流行病学和公共卫生.
- 传染病研究 传染病研究
- 呼吸系统病毒监测监测
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,全球卫生干预措施影响了呼吸系统疾病的传播.
- 有限的研究存在于COVID-19对沙特阿拉伯流感患病率的影响.
- 了解这些影响对于公共卫生准备至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行之前和期间评估沙特阿拉伯的流感流行率.
- 评估COVID-19缓解措施对流感病例数量的影响.
- 分析不同时期流感患者的人口统计和并发症数据.
主要方法:
- 采用了多中心,时间序列的横截面研究设计.
- 数据涵盖2017年1月1日至2021年12月31日的时间.
- 聚合酶链反应 (PCR) 用于确认查患者的流感感染.
主要成果:
- 总共有5238个阳性流感病例被确定.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,流感病例比流行前几年减少了 (0.63%在2020年,1.27%在2021年) (2.03%在2017年,1.63%在2018年,2.20%在2019年).
- 在大流行期间感染的患者年龄较大,并且没有典型的季节性高峰.
结论:
- COVID-19大流行与沙特阿拉伯流感病例显著减少有关.
- 在大流行期间实施的公共卫生措施可能有助于降低流感传播.
- 需要进一步的研究才能充分理解不同呼吸道病毒和干预措施之间的相互作用.
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