Impact of COVID-19 social distancing on viral infection in France: A delayed outbreak of RSV.
Pediatr Pulmonol
; 56(12): 3669-3673, 2021 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1384290
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures have deeply modified the natural course of seasonal viral infections, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).METHODS:
We analyzed French national data from three networks emergency departments (ED) of French hospitals, general practitioners (GP), and hospital laboratories. We compared the number of ED or GP visits for bronchiolitis in children <2 years of age, and the percentage of RSV positive tests in the 2020 to 2021 season with those of the two previous seasons (2018-2019 and 2019-2020). We used time series of the previous 5 years to calculate epidemic thresholds.RESULTS:
During the 2020-2021 season, the epidemic begun in February (Week 05) in the Ile de France (Paris and suburbs) region, 12 weeks later compared with the previous seasons and progressively spread across all the French metropolitan regions. The highest number of bronchiolitis cases in 2021 (Week 12) occurred 10-12 weeks after the previous seasonal peaks of previous seasons, but the number of cases remained lower than in the previous seasonal peaks.CONCLUSION:
We identified a delayed RSV epidemic in the period that usually corresponds at the end of the epidemic season, raising concerns for the burden of RSV in the already strained healthcare systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
Full text:
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Infant
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Pediatr Pulmonol
Journal subject:
Pediatrics
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ppul.25644
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