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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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Autores principales: Lamrani Hanchi, Asmae, Guennouni, Morad, Ben Houmich, Toufik, Echchakery, Mohamed, Draiss, Ghizlane, Rada, Noureddine, Younous, Said, Bouskraoui, Mohamed, Soraa, Nabila
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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
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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/).
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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
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36558876
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121542
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