Changes in Temporal Properties of Notifiable Infectious Disease Epidemics in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Population-Based Surveillance Study.
Xixi ZhaoMeijia LiNaem Patemoshela HaihamboJianhua JinYimeng ZengJinyi QiuMingrou GuoYuyao ZhuZhirui LiJiaxin LiuJiayi TengSixiao LiYa-Nan ZhaoYanxiang CaoXuemei WangYaqiong LiMichel GaoXiaoyang FengChuanliang HanPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2022)
Our results directly demonstrate that prevention policies for COVID-19 have immediate additional benefits for controlling most class B infectious diseases, and several factors (infection selectivity, preferred outbreak time) may have contributed to the reduction in outbreaks. This study may guide the implementation of nonpharmaceutical interventions to control a wider range of infectious diseases.