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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and state of emergency declarations on the relative incidence of legionellosis and invasive pneumococcal disease in Japan.
Ghaznavi, Cyrus; Ishikane, Masahiro; Yoneoka, Daisuke; Tanoue, Yuta; Kawashima, Takayuki; Eguchi, Akifumi; Nomura, Shuhei.
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  • Ghaznavi C; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Medical Education Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Saint Louis, USA. Electronic address: cghaznavi@keio.jp.
  • Ishikane M; Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yoneoka D; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan; Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National
  • Tanoue Y; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Business and Finance, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kawashima T; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Mathematical and Computing Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Eguchi A; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
  • Nomura S; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan.
J Infect Chemother ; 29(1): 90-94, 2023 Jan.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36116719
INTRODUCTION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of many droplet-transmitted infections decreased due to increased mask-wearing and social distancing. Contrastingly, there has been concern that COVID-19 countermeasures, such as lockdowns, may increase legionellosis incidence via water stagnation. During the pandemic in Japan, four state of emergency declarations were imposed between 2020 and 2021, which makes it particularly suitable to test this hypothesis. METHODS: We use country-level surveillance data from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases to track the relative incidence of legionellosis compared to invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, with a focus on the periods just after state of emergency declarations were lifted. RESULTS: The absolute number of legionellosis and IPD cases decreased in 2020 and 2021 compared to previous years. The average relative incidence of legionellosis as well as the variance of the relative incidence significantly increased during the pandemic compared to previous years. There were no increases in the relative incidence of legionellosis during the periods immediately following emergency declaration liftings, but the relative incidence did increase considerably during the first two states of emergency. CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 countermeasures appear more effective at decreasing the incidence of human-to-human transmitted infections, such as IPD, compared to environmentally-transmitted infections, such as legionellosis. Though no evidence was found to suggest that legionellosis cases increased after state of emergency declarations, public health efforts should continue to emphasize the importance of routine sanitation and water system maintenance to prevent water stagnation and Legionella spp. contamination.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Infecciones Neumocócicas / Legionelosis / COVID-19 Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Infect Chemother Asunto de la revista: MICROBIOLOGIA / TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Infecciones Neumocócicas / Legionelosis / COVID-19 Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Infect Chemother Asunto de la revista: MICROBIOLOGIA / TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos