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Disruption and recovery of notifiable infectious diseases after COVID-19 in Australia, 2015-2025

2026-02-17 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundCOVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) disrupted transmission of many infectious diseases worldwide. While disruption patterns are well-documented, systematic analysis of post-pandemic recovery trajectories across diverse pathogens remains limited. We examined disruption and recovery of 47 nationally notifiable diseases in Australia from 2015 to 2025. MethodsWe analysed NNDSS surveillance data for 47 diseases across six transmission modes, quantifying disruption using observ...

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