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This observational study focused on national register data on infections caused by 16 different bacterial and viral pathogens. We included new cases registered between 1 January 2016 and 31 July 2020. The weekly number of new cases were analysed with respect to the COVID-19-related interventions introduced during 2020. We found a marked decrease in infections associated with droplet transmission coinciding with the COVID-19 interventions in spring and summer 2020. These included decreases in both viral and bacterial airway infections and also decreases in invasive infections caused by <jats:italic>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Haemophilus influenzae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Neisseria meningitidis<\/jats:italic>. There was also a reduction in cases associated with foodborne transmission during the COVID-19 lockdown period. We found no effect of the lockdown on infections by invasive beta-haemolytic streptococci group B, C and G, <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic> bacteraemia, <jats:italic>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic> or <jats:italic>Clostridioides difficile<\/jats:italic>. In conclusion, we found that the widespread interventions such as physical distancing, less travel, hygiene measures and lockdown of schools, restaurants and workplaces together coincided with a marked decline in respiratory infections and, to a smaller extent, some foodborne-transmitted infections.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0950268822001145","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,28]],"date-time":"2022-07-28T11:05:16Z","timestamp":1659006316000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["COVID-19 preventive measures coincided with a marked decline in other infectious diseases in Denmark, spring 2020"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"150","author":[{"given":"Rikke Thoft","family":"Nielsen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4774-7091","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tine","family":"Dalby","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hanne-Dorthe","family":"Emborg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anders Rhod","family":"Larsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andreas","family":"Petersen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mia","family":"Torpdahl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Steen","family":"Hoffmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lasse Skafte","family":"Vestergaard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Palle","family":"Valentiner-Branth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref2","first-page":"1","volume-title":"WHO Coronavirus Disease Dashboard","year":"2022"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1403494810387965"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/23744235.2022.2071461"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciaa710"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref3","volume-title":"F\u00f8rste dansker testet positiv for COVID-19 [In Danish; First Dane Tested Positive for COVID-19]","author":"Grove Krause","year":"2020"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s42399-020-00532-5"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10096-019-03539-6"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jiph.2018.01.003"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/EDE.0000000000000841"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref9","volume-title":"Aktuelt fra MSIS under covid-19-epidemien [In Norwegian; News from the Reporting System for Transmissible Diseases During the Covid-19 Epidemic]","year":"2020"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref14","volume-title":"Whooping Cough \u2013 2020 and 2021 Report on Disease Incidence","year":"2022"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00431-021-04015-0"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref16","volume-title":"Campylobacterudbrud kan stamme fra lokalt mejeri [In Danish; Outbreak with Campylobacter can Originate from a Local Dairy]","year":"2020"},{"key":"S0950268822001145_ref4","volume-title":"Tidslinie over coronakrisen: Hvad skete der og hvorn\u00e5r? 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