Decrease in Positivity Rate of Influenza Tests Coinciding With Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2: Data From a Southeastern Wisconsin Laboratory.
Journal
WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin
ISSN: 2379-3961
Titre abrégé: WMJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9716054
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
entrez:
11
1
2021
pubmed:
12
1
2021
medline:
23
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak prompted public health interventions and changes in public behavior that may have affected the 2019-2020 influenza season. Using data from a laboratory in southeastern Wisconsin, we compared the number of weekly influenza tests and their positivity rates during the 2019-2020 influenza season with the previous 4 seasons. The number of influenza tests per week at the outset of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was higher than the average the previous 4 years, and positivity rates declined to 0% earlier than any of the previous 4 seasons. The testing trajectory and positivity rate for influenza differed during the part of the 2019-2020 season coinciding with the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak as compared to similar periods during the previous 4 seasons.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak prompted public health interventions and changes in public behavior that may have affected the 2019-2020 influenza season.
METHODS
METHODS
Using data from a laboratory in southeastern Wisconsin, we compared the number of weekly influenza tests and their positivity rates during the 2019-2020 influenza season with the previous 4 seasons.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The number of influenza tests per week at the outset of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was higher than the average the previous 4 years, and positivity rates declined to 0% earlier than any of the previous 4 seasons.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The testing trajectory and positivity rate for influenza differed during the part of the 2019-2020 season coinciding with the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak as compared to similar periods during the previous 4 seasons.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
275-277Informations de copyright
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