Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021

Following low incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we noted a resurgence in hospitalised children in spring/summer 2021 following relaxation of public health measures. We compared this outbreak to previous autumn/winter seasons. We found hig...

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Autores principales: Weinberger Opek, Moran, Yeshayahu, Yonatan, Glatman-Freedman, Aharona, Kaufman, Zalman, Sorek, Nadav, Brosh-Nissimov, Tal
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34296678
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100706
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author Weinberger Opek, Moran
Yeshayahu, Yonatan
Glatman-Freedman, Aharona
Kaufman, Zalman
Sorek, Nadav
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description Following low incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we noted a resurgence in hospitalised children in spring/summer 2021 following relaxation of public health measures. We compared this outbreak to previous autumn/winter seasons. We found higher weekly case numbers and incidence rates, more cases from urban neighbourhoods with lower socioeconomic status, and similar clinical presentation and severity. Public health implications include the re-evaluation of palivizumab administration and the need for surge capacity planning.
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spelling pubmed-82997462021-08-02 Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021 Weinberger Opek, Moran Yeshayahu, Yonatan Glatman-Freedman, Aharona Kaufman, Zalman Sorek, Nadav Brosh-Nissimov, Tal Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Following low incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we noted a resurgence in hospitalised children in spring/summer 2021 following relaxation of public health measures. We compared this outbreak to previous autumn/winter seasons. We found higher weekly case numbers and incidence rates, more cases from urban neighbourhoods with lower socioeconomic status, and similar clinical presentation and severity. Public health implications include the re-evaluation of palivizumab administration and the need for surge capacity planning. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8299746/ /pubmed/34296678 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100706 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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title Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021
title_full Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021
title_fullStr Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021
title_full_unstemmed Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021
title_short Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021
title_sort delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of covid-19 physical distancing measures, ashdod, israel, 2021
topic Rapid Communication
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100706
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