Reduction in respiratory viral infections among hospitalized older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Jul;69(7):1745-1747. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17179. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

Authors

Jing Y Tan¹, Edwin P Conceicao², Liang E Wee³, Jean X Y Sim^{2

3}, Indumathi Venkatachalam^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Singhealth Internal Medicine Residency, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adenoviridae / genetics
Adenoviridae / isolation & purification
Adenoviridae Infections / epidemiology
Adenoviridae Infections / therapy
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Incidence
Influenza, Human / epidemiology
Influenza, Human / therapy
Male
Masks*
Orthomyxoviridae / genetics
Orthomyxoviridae / isolation & purification
Physical Distancing
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / therapy
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / genetics
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / isolation & purification
Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections* / therapy
Respiratory Tract Infections* / virology
Singapore / epidemiology