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Título
Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic
Autor
Año del Documento
2022
Editorial
Springer
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Infection, 2022.
Résumé
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a variation in the circulation of common respiratory viruses. Our objective was to analyse the epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison with previous epidemic seasons.
Methods
We conducted an observational study involving infants with RSV bronchiolitis admitted to a tertiary hospital during two periods: pandemic COVID-19 (15 March 2020–30 September 2021) and pre-pandemic (1 October 2014–14 March 2020). Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected.
Results
A total of 270 patients were admitted for RSV bronchiolitis: 253 in the pre-pandemic period with an average of 42 admissions per season vs 17 in the pandemic. During the pandemic, the RSV outbreak started late in June 2021 with a higher percentage of prematurity and PICU admissions.
Conclusion
A change in RSV seasonality was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an unusual outbreak in summer 2021 of lower magnitude than previous seasons.
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32 Ciencias Médicas
Palabras Clave
Bronchiolitis
COVID-19
Pandemic
Respiratory syncytial virus
Epidemiology
ISSN
0300-8126
Revisión por pares
SI
Patrocinador
Publicación en abierto financiada por el Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Castilla y León (BUCLE), con cargo al Programa Operativo 2014ES16RFOP009 FEDER 2014-2020 DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN, Actuación:20007-CL - Apoyo Consorcio BUCLE
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© 2022 The Authors
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eng
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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openAccess
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