Bronchiolitis in COVID-19 times: a nearly absent disease?

Stay-at-home orders, physical distancing, face masks and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) do not only impact COVID-19, but also the dynamics of various other infectious diseases. Bronchiolitis is a clinically diagnosed viral infection of the lower respiratory tract, and causes a yearly...

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Autores principales: Van Brusselen, Daan, De Troeyer, Katrien, ter Haar, Eva, Vander Auwera, Ann, Poschet, Katleen, Van Nuijs, Sascha, Bael, An, Stobbelaar, Kim, Verhulst, Stijn, Van Herendael, Bruno, Willems, Philippe, Vermeulen, Melissa, De Man, Jeroen, Bossuyt, Nathalie, Vanden Driessche, Koen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33517482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-03968-6
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Sumario:Stay-at-home orders, physical distancing, face masks and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) do not only impact COVID-19, but also the dynamics of various other infectious diseases. Bronchiolitis is a clinically diagnosed viral infection of the lower respiratory tract, and causes a yearly seasonal wave of admissions in paediatric wards worldwide. We counted 92,5% less bronchiolitis hospitalisations in Antwerp before the expected end of the peak this year (of which only 1 RSV positive), as compared to the last 3 years. Furthermore, there was a >99% reduction in the number of registered RSV cases in Belgium. Conslusion: The 2020 winter bronchiolitis peak is hitherto nonexistent, but we fear a ‘delayed’ spring/summer bronchiolitis peak when most NPIs will be relaxed and pre-pandemic life restarts.

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