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An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children

Since the beginning of 2020, a remarkably low incidence of respiratory virus hospitalizations has been reported worldwide. We prospectively evaluated 587 children, aged <12 years, admitted for respiratory tract infections from 1 September 2021 to 15 March 2022 in four Italian pediatric hospitals...

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Autores principales: Nenna, Raffaella, Matera, Luigi, Licari, Amelia, Manti, Sara, Di Bella, Gaia, Pierangeli, Alessandra, Palamara, Anna Teresa, Nosetti, Luana, Leonardi, Salvatore, Marseglia, Gian Luigi, Midulla, Fabio
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9329524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911833
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.930281
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author Nenna, Raffaella
Matera, Luigi
Licari, Amelia
Manti, Sara
Di Bella, Gaia
Pierangeli, Alessandra
Palamara, Anna Teresa
Nosetti, Luana
Leonardi, Salvatore
Marseglia, Gian Luigi
Midulla, Fabio
author_facet Nenna, Raffaella
Matera, Luigi
Licari, Amelia
Manti, Sara
Di Bella, Gaia
Pierangeli, Alessandra
Palamara, Anna Teresa
Nosetti, Luana
Leonardi, Salvatore
Marseglia, Gian Luigi
Midulla, Fabio
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description Since the beginning of 2020, a remarkably low incidence of respiratory virus hospitalizations has been reported worldwide. We prospectively evaluated 587 children, aged <12 years, admitted for respiratory tract infections from 1 September 2021 to 15 March 2022 in four Italian pediatric hospitals to assess the burden of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. At admission, a Clinical Respiratory Score was assigned and nasopharyngeal or nasal washing samples were collected and tested for respiratory viruses. Total admissions increased from the second half of October 2021 to the first half of December 2021 with a peak in early November 2021. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) incidence curve coincided with the total hospitalizations curve, occurred earlier than in the pre-pandemic years, and showed an opposite trend with respect to the incidence rate of SARS-CoV-2. Our results demonstrated an early peak in pediatric hospitalizations for RSV. SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit a competitive pressure on other respiratory viruses, most notably RSV.
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spelling pubmed-93295242022-07-29 An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children Nenna, Raffaella Matera, Luigi Licari, Amelia Manti, Sara Di Bella, Gaia Pierangeli, Alessandra Palamara, Anna Teresa Nosetti, Luana Leonardi, Salvatore Marseglia, Gian Luigi Midulla, Fabio Front Pediatr Pediatrics Since the beginning of 2020, a remarkably low incidence of respiratory virus hospitalizations has been reported worldwide. We prospectively evaluated 587 children, aged <12 years, admitted for respiratory tract infections from 1 September 2021 to 15 March 2022 in four Italian pediatric hospitals to assess the burden of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. At admission, a Clinical Respiratory Score was assigned and nasopharyngeal or nasal washing samples were collected and tested for respiratory viruses. Total admissions increased from the second half of October 2021 to the first half of December 2021 with a peak in early November 2021. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) incidence curve coincided with the total hospitalizations curve, occurred earlier than in the pre-pandemic years, and showed an opposite trend with respect to the incidence rate of SARS-CoV-2. Our results demonstrated an early peak in pediatric hospitalizations for RSV. SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit a competitive pressure on other respiratory viruses, most notably RSV. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9329524/ /pubmed/35911833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.930281 Text en Copyright © 2022 Nenna, Matera, Licari, Manti, Di Bella, Pierangeli, Palamara, Nosetti, Leonardi, Marseglia, Midulla and ICHRIS Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Nenna, Raffaella
Matera, Luigi
Licari, Amelia
Manti, Sara
Di Bella, Gaia
Pierangeli, Alessandra
Palamara, Anna Teresa
Nosetti, Luana
Leonardi, Salvatore
Marseglia, Gian Luigi
Midulla, Fabio
An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children
title An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children
title_full An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children
title_fullStr An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children
title_full_unstemmed An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children
title_short An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children
title_sort italian multicenter study on the epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus during sars-cov-2 pandemic in hospitalized children
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9329524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911833
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.930281
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