Trends in gastrointestinal infections before and during non-pharmaceutical interventions in Korea in comparison with the United Statesopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Soyeoun; Kim, Jinhyun; Choi, Bo Youl; Park, Boyoung
- Issue Date
- Jan-2022
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Keywords
- Gastrointestinal diseases; Personal protective equipment; COVID-19
- Citation
- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH, v.44, pp.1 - 7
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH
- Volume
- 44
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 7
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/139741
- DOI
- 10.4178/epih.e2022011
- ISSN
- 1225-3596
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVES
This study examined how trends in the weekly frequencies of gastrointestinal infectious diseases changed before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Korea, and compared them with the trends in the United States.
METHODS
We compared the weekly frequencies of gastrointestinal infectious diseases (16 bacterial and 6 viral diseases) in Korea during weeks 5-52 before and after COVID-19. In addition, the weekly frequencies of 5 gastrointestinal infectious diseases in the United States (data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) that overlapped with those in Korea were compared.
RESULTS
The mean weekly number of total cases of gastrointestinal infectious diseases in Korea showed a significant decrease (from 522 before COVID-19 to 245 after COVID-19, p<0.01). Only bacterial gastrointestinal infectious diseases caused by Campylobacter increased significantly; other bacterial gastrointestinal infectious diseases showed either a decrease or no change. The incidence of all other viral diseases decreased. In the United States, the weekly numbers of Salmonella, Campylobacter, typhoid, shigellosis, and hepatitis A virus cases sharply decreased after the COVID-19 outbreak. The weekly case numbers of all viral diseases markedly decreased in both countries; however, bacterial gastrointestinal infectious diseases showed a different pattern.
CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of gastrointestinal infectious diseases decreased after the COVID-19 outbreak. In contrast, Campylobacter infections showed an increasing trend in Korea, but a decreasing trend in the United States. Further studies are needed to elucidate the different trends in bacterial and viral infectious diseases before and after non-pharmaceutical interventions and between different countries.
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