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The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data
BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory infection in children. Despite usually following a consistent seasonal pattern, the 2020-2021 RSV season in many countries was delayed and changed in magnitude. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to test if these changes can be a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36476385 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42781 |
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author | Ravkin, Hersh D Yom-Tov, Elad Nesher, Lior |
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description | BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory infection in children. Despite usually following a consistent seasonal pattern, the 2020-2021 RSV season in many countries was delayed and changed in magnitude. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to test if these changes can be attributed to nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) instituted around the world to combat SARS-CoV-2. METHODS: We used the internet search volume for RSV, as obtained from Google Trends, as a proxy to investigate these abnormalities. RESULTS: Our analysis shows a breakdown of the usual correlation between peak latency and magnitude during the year of the pandemic. Analyzing latency and magnitude separately, we found that the changes therein are associated with implemented NPIs. Among several important interventions, NPIs affecting population mobility are shown to be particularly relevant to RSV incidence. CONCLUSIONS: The 2020-2021 RSV season served as a natural experiment to test NPIs that are likely to restrict RSV spread, and our findings can be used to guide health authorities to possible interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-97787222022-12-23 The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data Ravkin, Hersh D Yom-Tov, Elad Nesher, Lior J Med Internet Res Original Paper BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory infection in children. Despite usually following a consistent seasonal pattern, the 2020-2021 RSV season in many countries was delayed and changed in magnitude. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to test if these changes can be attributed to nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) instituted around the world to combat SARS-CoV-2. METHODS: We used the internet search volume for RSV, as obtained from Google Trends, as a proxy to investigate these abnormalities. RESULTS: Our analysis shows a breakdown of the usual correlation between peak latency and magnitude during the year of the pandemic. Analyzing latency and magnitude separately, we found that the changes therein are associated with implemented NPIs. Among several important interventions, NPIs affecting population mobility are shown to be particularly relevant to RSV incidence. CONCLUSIONS: The 2020-2021 RSV season served as a natural experiment to test NPIs that are likely to restrict RSV spread, and our findings can be used to guide health authorities to possible interventions. JMIR Publications 2022-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9778722/ /pubmed/36476385 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42781 Text en ©Hersh D Ravkin, Elad Yom-Tov, Lior Nesher. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 21.12.2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Ravkin, Hersh D Yom-Tov, Elad Nesher, Lior The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data |
title | The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data |
title_full | The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data |
title_short | The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data |
title_sort | effect of nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented in response to the covid-19 pandemic on seasonal respiratory syncytial virus: analysis of google trends data |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36476385 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42781 |
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