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. 2020 Sep 29:taaa180. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa180

Travel restrictions and lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic—impact on notified infectious diseases in Switzerland

Robert Steffen 1,2,, Stephan Lautenschlager 3, Jan Fehr 4,5
PMCID: PMC7543597  PMID: 33152761

Abstract

Based on notification data the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland was assessed. While the incidence of tick-borne encephalitis almost doubled as compared to 2016-2019, a reduction in all other infectious diseases was recorded. The lowest reduction rates (<25%) were noted for legionellosis, hepatitis A, chlamydia infection and gonorrhoea.

Keywords: COVID-19, Pneumococcal, Legionella, Hepatitis, Typhoid, Dengue, Transmission, Sexually transmitted infections


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