Trends in Otitis Media Ambulatory Visits in American Indian and Alaska Native Children During the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Period and the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Autor: Bressler SS; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation, Arctic Investigations Program, Anchorage, Alaska., Bruden D; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation, Arctic Investigations Program, Anchorage, Alaska., Hammitt LL; Center for Indigenous Health, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland., Chukwuma U; Infectious Disease Branch, Office of Public Health Support, Indian Health Service, Rockville, Maryland., Fischer M; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation, Arctic Investigations Program, Anchorage, Alaska., Singleton R; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation, Arctic Investigations Program, Anchorage, Alaska.; Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] 2024 Apr 01; Vol. 43 (4), pp. 390-392. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 15.
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004207
Abstrakt: Otitis media-associated outpatient visits among American Indians/Alaska Natives children <5 years old decreased by 52% (100 to 48 per 100 children per year) from 2003 to 2019. Otitis media visits decreased by another 50% from 2019 to 2020, but rebounded between 2020 and 2021 back to a rate similar to 2019.
Competing Interests: L.L.H reports research grants to her institution from AstraZeneca, Merck and Pfizer. R.S. reports research grant to her institution from Merck. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Databáze: MEDLINE