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2021-06-07Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/8756
Trends in respiratory virus circulation following COVID-19-targeted nonpharmaceutical interventions in Germany, January - September 2020: Analysis of national surveillance data
dc.contributor.authorOh, Djin-Ye
dc.contributor.authorBuda, Silke
dc.contributor.authorBiere, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorReiche, Janine
dc.contributor.authorSchlosser, Frank
dc.contributor.authorDuwe, Susanne
dc.contributor.authorWedde, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorvon Kleist, Max
dc.contributor.authorMielke, Martin
dc.contributor.authorWolff, Thorsten
dc.contributor.authorDürrwald, Ralf
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-07T05:19:59Z
dc.date.available2021-07-07T05:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-07none
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100112
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/8486
dc.description.abstractBackground:During the initial COVID-19 response, Germany’s Federal Government implemented several nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) that were instrumental in suppressing early exponential spread ofSARS-CoV-2. NPI effect on the transmission of other respiratory viruses has not been examined at the national level thus far.Methods:Upper respiratory tract specimens from 3580 patients with acute respiratory infection (ARI), collected within the nationwide German ARI Sentinel, underwent RT-PCR diagnostics for multiple respiratory viruses. The observation period (weeks 1-38 of 2020) included the time before, during and after a farreaching contact ban. Detection rates for different viruses were compared to 2017-2019 sentinel data (15350 samples; week 1-38, 11823 samples). Findings :The March 2020 contact ban, which was followed by a mask mandate, was associated with an unprecedented and sustained decline of multiple respiratory viruses. Among these, rhinovirus was the single agent that resurged to levels equalling those of previous years. Rhinovirus rebound was first observed in children, after schools and daycares had reopened. By contrast, other non enveloped viruses (i.e. gastroenteritisviruses reported at the national level) suppressed after the shutdown did not rebound.Interpretation:Contact restrictions with a subsequent mask mandate in spring may substantially reduce respiratory virus circulation. This reduction appears sustained for most viruses, indicating that the activity of influenza and other respiratory viruses during the subsequent winter season might be low,whereas rhinovirus resurgence, potentially driven by transmission in educational institutions in a setting of waning population immunity, might signal predominance of rhinovirus-related ARIs.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectNonpharmaceutical interventionseng
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2eng
dc.subjectRespiratory viruseng
dc.subjectRhinoviruseng
dc.subjectSurveillanceeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleTrends in respiratory virus circulation following COVID-19-targeted nonpharmaceutical interventions in Germany, January - September 2020: Analysis of national surveillance datanone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:0257-176904/8486-1
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/8756
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleThe Lancet Regional Health - Europenone
local.edoc.container-issn2666-7762none
local.edoc.pages10none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
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local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776221000892?via%3Dihubnone
local.edoc.container-issue6none
local.edoc.rki-departmentInfektionskrankheitennone
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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