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. 2021 Apr 8;8(6):ofab115. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab115

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Average epidemic curve of EV meningitis at the Bern University Hospital. Black dots indicate the mean number of EV meningitis cases in infants, and open triangles indicate the average number of EV meningitis cases in children 1–16 years of age based on data from 2010 to 2019. Red dots indicate the number of children 0–16 years of age with CSF EV RNA detection in 2020. NPIs in 2020 are indicated by numbers: ① hygiene recommendations in educational setting, 02/27/2020–ongoing; ②social distancing >1.5 m, 03/06/2020–ongoing; ③ gatherings >100 persons banned, 03/13/2020–06/06/2020; ④ public venues closed, 03/06/2020–05/11/2020; ⑤ tertiary schools and universities closed (age >16 years), 03/16/2020–06/06/2020; ⑥ primary and secondary schools closed (age 6–12 years), 03/16/2020–05/11/2020; ⑦ gatherings >5 persons banned, 03/20/2020–06/06/2020; ⑧face masks in public transport (age >12 years), 07/05/2020–ongoing; ⑨ face masks (outdoors and public indoor venues, age >12 years), 10/19/2020–ongoing; ⑩ private gatherings >15 persons banned, 10/29/2020–ongoing. Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; EV, enterovirus; NPI, nonpharmaceutical intervention.