Measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been associated with reduction in other respiratory infections. Results of a national Swedish cohort study of infant pertussis during April 2020–September 2021 were compared with those during January 2014–March 2020. The number of pertussis cases decreased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, from an average of 21 infant cases per quarter of a year before the pandemic to an average of 1 case per quarter during the pandemic. Swedish strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 seem to have had an impact on pertussis incidence in infants.
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Falkenstein-Hagander, K., Appelqvist, E., Cavefors, A. S. F., Källberg, H., Nilsson, L. J., Silfverdal, S. A., … Aronsson, B. (2022). Waning infant pertussis during COVID-19 pandemic. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/ARCHDISCHILD-2021-323055
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