Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA.
Mil Med. 2023 May 16;188(5-6):e953-e956. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab469.
Medically attended acute respiratory infections (MAARI) at the U.S. Naval Academy increase during Plebe Summer, a training program for incoming freshmen. Because of COVID-19, extensive nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) were implemented during 2020 Plebe Summer.
We reviewed MAARI counts in weeks 22-45 from 2012 to 2020 and compared counts in pandemic (2020) vs. pre-pandemic (2012-2019) periods.
From 2012 to 2019, an average of 1,642 MAARI cases occurred annually. In 2020, 443 MAARI cases occurred. NPI use was associated with a 77% reduction in MAARI.
During a high-risk military training period, routine NPI use was associated with a major reduction in MAARI.
在美国海军学院,新生参加的“新兵训练营”期间,因医疗导致的急性呼吸道感染(MAARI)病例数量增加。由于 COVID-19,2020 年的“新兵训练营”期间实施了广泛的非药物干预措施(NPI)。
我们回顾了 2012 年至 2020 年第 22-45 周的 MAARI 计数,并比较了大流行(2020 年)与大流行前(2012-2019 年)时期的计数。
2012 年至 2019 年,每年平均发生 1642 例 MAARI 病例。2020 年,发生了 443 例 MAARI 病例。非药物干预措施的使用与 MAARI 减少 77%有关。
在高风险的军事训练期间,常规使用非药物干预措施与 MAARI 的大幅减少有关。