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Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has pinpointed the importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), which have been traditionally used for the prevention of the spread of respiratory viruses among individuals. The aim of our study was to capture the level of circulation of respiratory syncytial an...

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Autores principales: Papachristou, Eleni, Rokka, Chrysoula, Sotiriadou, Triantafyllia, Maneka, Leukothea, Vassilakis, Alexandros, Sapounas, Spyros, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Jahaj, Eddison, Kotanidou, Anastasia, Lagiou, Pagona, Magiorkinis, Gkikas
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1025147
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author Papachristou, Eleni
Rokka, Chrysoula
Sotiriadou, Triantafyllia
Maneka, Leukothea
Vassilakis, Alexandros
Sapounas, Spyros
Paraskevis, Dimitrios
Jahaj, Eddison
Kotanidou, Anastasia
Lagiou, Pagona
Magiorkinis, Gkikas
author_facet Papachristou, Eleni
Rokka, Chrysoula
Sotiriadou, Triantafyllia
Maneka, Leukothea
Vassilakis, Alexandros
Sapounas, Spyros
Paraskevis, Dimitrios
Jahaj, Eddison
Kotanidou, Anastasia
Lagiou, Pagona
Magiorkinis, Gkikas
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description The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has pinpointed the importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), which have been traditionally used for the prevention of the spread of respiratory viruses among individuals. The aim of our study was to capture the level of circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during a period of medium severity NPIs due to SARS-CoV-2 pandemics in Greece. A total of 2,225 nasopharyngeal samples were received during the year 2021 as a part of the routine diagnostic service and were divided into two study groups: (a) January to September 2021 and (b) October to the end of December 2021. The latter is the time of the year when there is a peak of infections from most respiratory viruses, and thus, most of the samples were tested in that period. The samples were taken from three different sites, i.e., (a) industrial workers in a factory, (b) elderly homecare facilities, and c) people who actively asked to be tested for SARS-CoV-2. All the samples were tested simultaneously for SARS-CoV2, RSV, and influenza virus. A total of 2,110 samples were negative for either of the three viruses, 106 were SARS-CoV-2-positive, and 9 were RSV-positive from which 7 were found in the workers’ group. None of the samples was found to be positive for the influenza virus, and no sample had co-infection. Our study shows the low-level circulation of RSV and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 and will provide a reference for future studies of RSV and influenza in Greece.
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spelling pubmed-98690442023-01-24 Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece Papachristou, Eleni Rokka, Chrysoula Sotiriadou, Triantafyllia Maneka, Leukothea Vassilakis, Alexandros Sapounas, Spyros Paraskevis, Dimitrios Jahaj, Eddison Kotanidou, Anastasia Lagiou, Pagona Magiorkinis, Gkikas Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has pinpointed the importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), which have been traditionally used for the prevention of the spread of respiratory viruses among individuals. The aim of our study was to capture the level of circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during a period of medium severity NPIs due to SARS-CoV-2 pandemics in Greece. A total of 2,225 nasopharyngeal samples were received during the year 2021 as a part of the routine diagnostic service and were divided into two study groups: (a) January to September 2021 and (b) October to the end of December 2021. The latter is the time of the year when there is a peak of infections from most respiratory viruses, and thus, most of the samples were tested in that period. The samples were taken from three different sites, i.e., (a) industrial workers in a factory, (b) elderly homecare facilities, and c) people who actively asked to be tested for SARS-CoV-2. All the samples were tested simultaneously for SARS-CoV2, RSV, and influenza virus. A total of 2,110 samples were negative for either of the three viruses, 106 were SARS-CoV-2-positive, and 9 were RSV-positive from which 7 were found in the workers’ group. None of the samples was found to be positive for the influenza virus, and no sample had co-infection. Our study shows the low-level circulation of RSV and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 and will provide a reference for future studies of RSV and influenza in Greece. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9869044/ /pubmed/36698808 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1025147 Text en Copyright © 2023 Papachristou, Rokka, Sotiriadou, Maneka, Vassilakis, Sapounas, Paraskevis, Jahaj, Kotanidou, Lagiou and Magiorkinis. 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.
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Papachristou, Eleni
Rokka, Chrysoula
Sotiriadou, Triantafyllia
Maneka, Leukothea
Vassilakis, Alexandros
Sapounas, Spyros
Paraskevis, Dimitrios
Jahaj, Eddison
Kotanidou, Anastasia
Lagiou, Pagona
Magiorkinis, Gkikas
Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece
title Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece
title_full Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece
title_fullStr Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece
title_full_unstemmed Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece
title_short Low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in Athens, Greece
title_sort low circulation of respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses during autumn-winter 2021 in the industrial workplace and long-term healthcare facilities in athens, greece
topic Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1025147
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