The Effect of Mask Use on Seasonal Virus Diversity in SARS CoV-2 Negative Patients Treated as Inpatients During the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 Seasonal Flu Period.

Polish journal of microbiology Pub Date : 2024-09-13 eCollection Date: 2024-09-01 DOI:10.33073/pjm-2024-033
Savaş Gegin, Burcu Özdemir, Levent Özdemir, Esra Arslan Aksu, Ahmet Cemal Pazarli, Bahadir Yazicioğlu
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The study aimed to explore the protective effect of mask use against respiratory tract viral agents during the pandemic. The study included patients with a COVID-19 negative test who were hospitalized in the pulmonary disease clinic with the diagnoses of asthma attack, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, and pneumonia in two periods: during mandatory mask use (October 2021 - May 2022) and after the mask mandate was lifted (October 2022 - May 2023). Combined nose and throat swab samples taken from the patients were evaluated for viral agents by using the PCR test method. Viral agents isolated from the patients in the two periods were compared based on hospitalization diagnoses and periods. The study enrolled 1,335 patients, 483 female and 852 male. It was found that viral agents significantly increased during the period without a mask mandate compared to the period when the mask mandate was in effect (41.6% vs. 23.4%) (p < 0.001). During the period without mask mandate, influenza A, H1N1, and RSV/AB viruses significantly increased (p = 0.019, p = 0.003, p < 0.001, respectively). Our results indicated that mask use during the pandemic is protective against the transmission of respiratory tract viruses. Thus, it can be concluded that mask use is important not only in the coronavirus pandemic but also especially in influenza and RSV epidemics.

使用口罩对 2021-2022 年和 2022-2023 年季节性流感期间接受住院治疗的 SARS CoV-2 阴性患者的季节性病毒多样性的影响。
该研究旨在探讨大流行期间使用口罩对呼吸道病毒病原体的保护作用。研究对象包括在强制使用口罩期间(2021 年 10 月至 2022 年 5 月)和口罩规定取消后(2022 年 10 月至 2023 年 5 月)两个时期内因哮喘发作、慢性阻塞性肺病(COPD)加重和肺炎诊断而在肺病诊所住院的 COVID-19 阴性检测患者。采用聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测方法对患者的鼻腔和咽喉拭子组合样本进行病毒病原体评估。根据住院诊断和住院时间,对两个时期从患者身上分离出的病毒病原体进行了比较。研究共纳入 1,335 名患者,其中女性 483 人,男性 852 人。研究发现,在没有口罩规定的时期,病毒病原体比有口罩规定的时期明显增加(41.6% 对 23.4%)(p < 0.001)。在没有口罩规定期间,甲型流感、甲型 H1N1 流感和 RSV/AB 病毒明显增加(分别为 p = 0.019、p = 0.003、p < 0.001)。我们的研究结果表明,大流行期间使用口罩可防止呼吸道病毒传播。因此,可以得出结论,使用口罩不仅在冠状病毒大流行时很重要,在流感和 RSV 流行时也尤为重要。
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