[Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of acute Bronchiolitis.] / Influencia de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre la epidemiología de la bronquiolitis aguda.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
; 2021 Dec 22.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20233182
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the circulation of some viruses associated with acute bronchiolitis. We analyzed the epidemiology of bronchiolitis admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 8 previous epidemic seasons.METHODS:
An observational and ambispective study was performed, including infants admitted with bronchiolitis in a tertiary hospital during 2 periods COVID-19 pandemic (15th March 2020 to 3st August 2021) and pre-pandemic (1st September 2012 to 14th March 2020). Demographic, clinical data and etiologies were collected.RESULTS:
Five hundred ten patients were hospitalized with bronchiolitis 486 in the pre-pandemic period with an average of 61 admissions per season vs 24 during the pandemic, observing a 60.7% reduction in bronchiolitis admissions. During the pandemic, bronchiolitis outbreak was delayed until spring-summer 2021. Respiratory syncytial virus was the most frequent etiological agent in both periods.CONCLUSION:
We observed a change in the seasonality of bronchiolitis during the pandemic COVID-19, possibly influenced by control measures against SARS-CoV-2.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
Spanish
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Microbiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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