Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children, Catalonia, Spain

We analyzed the effect of COVID-19 on healthcare demand and invasive pneumococcal disease in children in Catalonia, Spain. Compared with 2018–2019, we noted large reductions in healthcare activities and incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in 2020. These changes likely resulted from nonpharmac...

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Autores principales: Ciruela, Pilar, Soldevila, Núria, García-Garcia, Juan José, González-Peris, Sebastià, Díaz-Conradi, Alvaro, Redin, Alba, Viñado, Belén, Izquierdo, Conchita, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Domínguez, Angela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36220135
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.211741
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Sumario:We analyzed the effect of COVID-19 on healthcare demand and invasive pneumococcal disease in children in Catalonia, Spain. Compared with 2018–2019, we noted large reductions in healthcare activities and incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in 2020. These changes likely resulted from nonpharmaceutical measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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