Impact of Wearing Masks, Hand Hygiene, and Social Distancing on Influenza, Enterovirus, and All-Cause Pneumonia During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Retrospective National Epidemiological Surveillance Study

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is an important health crisis worldwide. Several strategies were implemented to combat COVID-19, including wearing masks, hand hygiene, and social distancing. The impact of these strategies on COVID-19 and other viral infections remains largely unclear. We...

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Published in:	Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 22; no. 8; p. e21257
Main Authors:	Chiu, Nan-Chang, Chi, Hsin, Tai, Yu-Lin, Peng, Chun-Chih, Tseng, Cheng-Yin, Chen, Chung-Chu, Tan, Boon Fatt, Lin, Chien-Yu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 20.08.2020 JMIR Publications
Subjects:	Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity Big Data Coronavirus - pathogenicity Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronavirus Infections - psychology Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - prevention & control COVID-19 - psychology Disease Disease transmission Enterovirus Infections - epidemiology Enterovirus Infections - prevention & control Epidemiology Eye protection Hand Hygiene - methods Hands Health planning Health surveillance Humans Hygiene Incidence Infection Control - methods Infections Infectious diseases Influenza Influenza, Human - epidemiology Influenza, Human - prevention & control Masks Masks - trends Original Paper Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control Physical Distancing Pneumonia Pneumonia - epidemiology Pneumonia - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - psychology Retrospective Studies SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Social distancing Statistical analysis Statistics Strategies Surveillance Viral infections Viruses Taiwan COVID-19 influenza SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia hygiene novel coronavirus surveillance pandemic incidence prevention social distancing
ISSN:	1438-8871, 1439-4456, 1438-8871
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