Fig. 5

Contemporaneous comparison of the incidence of major infectious diseases in male (A) and female (B) before and after COVID-19. 17–19 Period 1 was from 24 January to 2 March in 2017, 2018, and 2019. 17–19 Period 2 was from 3 to 22 March in 2017, 2018, and 2019. 17–19 Period 3 was from 23 March to 31 October in 2017, 2018, and 2019. 20 Period 1, 20 Period 2, and 20 Period 3 were in the same way. HFMD hand, foot, and mouth disease, Others infectious diarrheal diseases other than cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and paratyphoid, AHC acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, SFTS severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome