Was the Reduction in Seasonal Influenza Transmission during 2020 Attributable to Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to Contain Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan?

Viruses · 2022 · PMC9320739 · PMID 35891397

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Interestingly, a decreasing trend in seasonal influenza activity in Japan was observed around January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic ( Figure 1 ).

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