Pneumonia, influenza, and dengue cases decreased after the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand

Rapeepun Prasertbun; Hirotake Mori; Aongart Mahittikorn; Sukhontha Siri; Toshio Naito

doi:10.1186/s41182-022-00419-2

Pneumonia, influenza, and dengue cases decreased after the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand

Trop Med Health. 2022 Mar 25;50(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00419-2.

Authors

Rapeepun Prasertbun^{1

2}, Hirotake Mori^{3

4}, Aongart Mahittikorn², Sukhontha Siri⁵, Toshio Naito¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan.
² Department of Protozoology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
³ Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan. h.mori.oa@juntendo.ac.jp.
⁴ Department of Protozoology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand. h.mori.oa@juntendo.ac.jp.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 420/1 Rachawithi Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected all healthcare systems worldwide. Effective COVID-19 preventive measures, including wearing a mask, hand washing, avoiding the "Three Cs", and city lockdowns, could decrease other infectious diseases. The case numbers of the major infectious diseases in Thailand were investigated (pneumonia, influenza, and dengue fever) during the COVID-19 pandemic using Thailand government national data sources from 2018 to August 2021. Pneumonia, influenza, and dengue fever cases decreased after the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to respiratory tract infections, COVID-19 preventive measures could decrease dengue fever cases.

Keywords: Asia; COVID-19; Dengue; Influenza; Pneumonia; Thailand.

Publication types

Letter