Bronchiolitis epidemics in France during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons.
Infect Dis Now
; 52(6): 374-378, 2022 Sep.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1907105
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We described bronchiolitis epidemics during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons in France and their interaction with the COVID outbreak. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Data on family physician (FP) visits, emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations for bronchiolitis for childrenË2 years, and hospital virological data were analyzed and compared with previous seasons (2015-2020).RESULTS:
The 2020-2021 epidemic arrived very late, and its impact was lower than in previous seasons (2015-2020) (FP visits -23%, ED visits -38%, and hospitalizations -30%). The 2021-2022 epidemic started early (week 40) and lasted for a relatively long time (13 weeks). The impact was higher than in 2015-2020 (FP visits +13%, ED visits +34%, hospitalizations +28%).CONCLUSION:
Findings from the 2020-2021 epidemic may be linked to the implementation of non-pharmaceutical COVID-19 prevention measures. For 2021-2022, findings may be linked to an "immunity debt" resulting from the lower impact of the previous season.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bronchiolitis
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Dis Now
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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