Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic

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: W...

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Autores principales: Bermúdez Barrezueta, Lorena, Matías Del Pozo, Vanesa, López-Casillas, Pablo, Brezmes Raposo, Marta, Gutiérrez Zamorano, María, Pino Vázquez, María de la Asunción
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Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8938970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35316529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01794-y
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author Bermúdez Barrezueta, Lorena
Matías Del Pozo, Vanesa
López-Casillas, Pablo
Brezmes Raposo, Marta
Gutiérrez Zamorano, María
Pino Vázquez, María de la Asunción
author_facet Bermúdez Barrezueta, Lorena
Matías Del Pozo, Vanesa
López-Casillas, Pablo
Brezmes Raposo, Marta
Gutiérrez Zamorano, María
Pino Vázquez, María de la Asunción
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description 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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spelling pubmed-89389702022-03-22 Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic Bermúdez Barrezueta, Lorena Matías Del Pozo, Vanesa López-Casillas, Pablo Brezmes Raposo, Marta Gutiérrez Zamorano, María Pino Vázquez, María de la Asunción Infection Brief Report 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. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-03-22 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8938970/ /pubmed/35316529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01794-y Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Matías Del Pozo, Vanesa
López-Casillas, Pablo
Brezmes Raposo, Marta
Gutiérrez Zamorano, María
Pino Vázquez, María de la Asunción
Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic
title Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort variation in the seasonality of the respiratory syncytial virus during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8938970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35316529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01794-y
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