Lennon RP, Griffin C, Miller EL, Dong H, Rabago D, Zgierska AE. Norovirus infections drop 49% in the United States with strict COVID-19 public health interventions. Acta Med Acad. 2020 Dec;49(3):278-80. doi: 0.5644/ama2006-124.317


Norovirus is a substantial burden on the U.S. We compared norovirus outbreaks before and during COVID-19. There were fewer norovirus outbreaks during COVID-19 compared to a similar time period in 2019 (326 versus 638, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: COVID-19 public health interventions may be considered to decrease the burden of norovirus. This demonstrates the ability of more restrictive interventions to decrease other outbreaks of known or emerging viruses.

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