Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Family and Community Medicine, 700 HMC Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.
Pennsylvania State University, Applied Research Laboratory, North Atherton Street, State College, PA, 16801, USA.
Acta Med Acad. 2020 Dec;49(3):278-280. doi: 10.5644/ama2006-124.317.
Norovirus is a substantial burden on the U.S. We compared norovirus outbreaks before and during COVID-19. There were fewer norovirus outbreaks during COVID-19 compared to a similar time period in 2019 (326 versus 638, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: COVID-19 public health interventions may be considered to decrease the burden of norovirus. This demonstrates the ability of more restrictive interventions to decrease other outbreaks of known or emerging viruses.
诺如病毒对美国造成了沉重的负担。我们比较了 COVID-19 前后的诺如病毒爆发情况。与 2019 年同期相比,COVID-19 期间诺如病毒爆发的次数较少(326 次比 638 次,P<0.001)。结论:COVID-19 公共卫生干预措施可能被认为是减轻诺如病毒负担的一种方法。这表明更严格的干预措施能够减少已知或新兴病毒的其他爆发。