Decreased incidence followed by comeback of pediatric infections during the COVID‑19 pandemic in Japan

作     者：Cyrus Ghaznavi Haruka Sakamoto Takayuki Kawashima Sayaka Horiuchi Masahiro Ishikane Sarah Krull Abe Daisuke Yoneoka Akifumi Eguchi Yuta Tanoue Masahiro Hashizume Shuhei Nomura Cyrus Ghaznavi;Haruka Sa kamoto;Takayuki Kawashima;Sayaka Horiuchi;Masahiro Ishikane;Sarah Krull Abe;Daisuke Yoneoka;Akifumi Eguchi;Yuta Tanoue;Masahiro Hashizume;Shuhei Nomura

作者机构：Department of Health Policy and ManagementSchool of MedicineKeio University35 ShinanomachiShinjuku-kuTokyo 160-8582Japan Medical Education ProgramWashington University School of Medicine in St.LouisSaint LouisUSA Department of Global Health PolicyGraduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan Tokyo Foundation for Policy ResearchTokyoJapan Department of Hygiene and Public HealthTokyo Women’s Medical UniversityTokyoJapan Department of Mathematical and Computing ScienceTokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyoJapan Center for Birth Cohort StudiesUniversity of YamanashiYamanashiJapan Disease Control and Prevention CenterNational Center for Global Health and MedicineTokyoJapan Division of PreventionNational Cancer Center Institute for Cancer ControlTokyoJapan Infectious Disease Surveillance CenterNational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan Department of Sustainable Health ScienceCenter for Preventive Medical SciencesChiba UniversityChibaJapan Institute for Business and FinanceWaseda UniversityTokyoJapan 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Pediatrics》 (世界儿科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第18卷第8期

页      面：564-567页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100202[医学-儿科学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by a research grant from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology of Japan(21H03203) The funding source of this study had no role in the study design,data collection,data analysis,data interpretation,or writing of the report.The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors 

主　　题：closure return suddenly 

摘      要：During the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,the Japanese government implemented several infection control measures,such as states of emergency(SoE)and school closures,and encouraged universal masking and hand *** activity restrictions and improved hygiene were found to be associated with declines in the incidence of infuenza during the 2019–2020 winter season[1].Prior studies have found that the incidence of seven pediatric infections,such as pharyngoconjunctivitis and varicella,decreased during and after the school closures in Japan[2].As activity restrictions continue to be lifted,there is growing concern that pediatric infections may suddenly return given that the pool of susceptible children increased during the pandemic[3].In this study,we use national infectious disease sentinel data from January 2012 to October 2021 to assess changes in the reported number of pediatric infections in Japan during the COVID-19 *** hypothesize that the reporting of many infectious diseases decreased during the early stages of the pandemic but ultimately returned to normal when activity restrictions were lifted.