Nonpolio Enterovirus Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Taiwan, 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;27(1):306-308. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.203394. Epub 2020 Dec 1.

Abstract

In Taiwan, lower nonpolio enterovirus activity during the coronavirus disease pandemic in 2020 compared with 2014-2019 might be attributable to adherence to nonpharmaceutical interventions. The preventable fraction among unexposed persons indicated that 90% of nonpolio enterovirus activity might have been prevented during 2014-2019 by adopting the same measures enforced in 2020.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; interventions; nonpharmaceutical; nonpolio enterovirus; preventable fraction; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Enterovirus / physiology*
  • Enterovirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • Taiwan / epidemiology