Trends in Respiratory Virus Infections During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore, 2020

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2115973. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15973.

Wei Yee Wan¹, Koh Cheng Thoon^{2

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5}, Liat Hui Loo^{4

6}, Kian Sing Chan⁷, Lynette L E Oon^{4

7}, Adaikalavan Ramasamy⁸, Matthias Maiwald^{4

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¹ Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
² Infectious Disease Service, Department of Paediatric Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
⁵ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
⁷ Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
⁸ Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assessed the changes in respiratory virus prevalence in 2020 vs 2019 associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.