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Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant decrease in non-COVID-19 respiratory illnesses were observed, suggesting that the implementation of measures against COVID-19 affected the transmission of other respiratory pathogens. The aim of this study was to highlight the changes in the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36558876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121542 |
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author | Lamrani Hanchi, Asmae Guennouni, Morad Ben Houmich, Toufik Echchakery, Mohamed Draiss, Ghizlane Rada, Noureddine Younous, Said Bouskraoui, Mohamed Soraa, Nabila |
author_facet | Lamrani Hanchi, Asmae Guennouni, Morad Ben Houmich, Toufik Echchakery, Mohamed Draiss, Ghizlane Rada, Noureddine Younous, Said Bouskraoui, Mohamed Soraa, Nabila |
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description | Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant decrease in non-COVID-19 respiratory illnesses were observed, suggesting that the implementation of measures against COVID-19 affected the transmission of other respiratory pathogens. The aim of this study was to highlight the changes in the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. All children with Severe Acute respiratory illness admitted to the pediatric departments between January 2018 and December 2021 with negative COVID-19 PCR, were enrolled. The detection of respiratory pathogens was made by the Film Array Respiratory Panel. A total of 902 respiratory specimens were tested. A significantly lower positivity rate during the COVID-19 period was found (p = 0.006), especially in infants under 6 months (p = 0.008). There was a substantial absence of detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza A during the winter season following the outbreak of the pandemic (p < 0.05; p = 0.002 respectively). An inter-seasonal resurgence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus was noted. Human Rhinovirus was detected throughout the year, and more prevalent in winter during COVID-19 (p = 0.0002). These changes could be explained by the impact of the implementation of preventive measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the transmission of respiratory pathogens in children. |
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spelling | pubmed-97818342022-12-24 Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lamrani Hanchi, Asmae Guennouni, Morad Ben Houmich, Toufik Echchakery, Mohamed Draiss, Ghizlane Rada, Noureddine Younous, Said Bouskraoui, Mohamed Soraa, Nabila Pathogens Article Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant decrease in non-COVID-19 respiratory illnesses were observed, suggesting that the implementation of measures against COVID-19 affected the transmission of other respiratory pathogens. The aim of this study was to highlight the changes in the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. All children with Severe Acute respiratory illness admitted to the pediatric departments between January 2018 and December 2021 with negative COVID-19 PCR, were enrolled. The detection of respiratory pathogens was made by the Film Array Respiratory Panel. A total of 902 respiratory specimens were tested. A significantly lower positivity rate during the COVID-19 period was found (p = 0.006), especially in infants under 6 months (p = 0.008). There was a substantial absence of detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza A during the winter season following the outbreak of the pandemic (p < 0.05; p = 0.002 respectively). An inter-seasonal resurgence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus was noted. Human Rhinovirus was detected throughout the year, and more prevalent in winter during COVID-19 (p = 0.0002). These changes could be explained by the impact of the implementation of preventive measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the transmission of respiratory pathogens in children. MDPI 2022-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9781834/ /pubmed/36558876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121542 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lamrani Hanchi, Asmae Guennouni, Morad Ben Houmich, Toufik Echchakery, Mohamed Draiss, Ghizlane Rada, Noureddine Younous, Said Bouskraoui, Mohamed Soraa, Nabila Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Changes in the Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | changes in the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens in children during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36558876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121542 |
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