Concomitant Marked Decline in Prevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Other Respiratory Viruses Among Symptomatic Patients Following Public Health Interventions in Australia: Data from St Vincent's Hospital and Associated Screening Clinics, Sydney, NSW.

Deborah Marriott,David Andresen,Rohan Beresford,Jock Harkness,Gregory J Dore,Allan Glanville,Damien Stark,Gail V Matthews,Feras Mirdad,Scott Chapman

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1256

Concomitant Marked Decline in Prevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Other Respiratory Viruses Among Symptomatic Patients Following Public Health Interventions in Australia: Data from St Vincent's Hospital and Associated Screening Clinics, Sydney, NSW.

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Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases	Publication Date: Aug 25, 2020
Citations: 44	License type: NO-CC CODE

Affiliation: St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, UNSW Sydney

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Our Australian hospital tested almost 22,000 symptomatic people over 11 weeks for SARS-CoV-2 in a multiplex PCR assay. Following travel bans and physical distancing, SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses diagnoses fell dramatically. Increasing rhinovirus diagnoses as social control measures were relaxed may indirectly indicate an elevated risk of COVID-19 resurgence

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