COVID-19 Restrictions Are Associated With a Significant Decrease of All Common Respiratory Viral Illnesses in Children
| Autor: | Miryah Chen, Fairuz Despujos Harfouche, Melanie M Randall, Brian G Chen, Lance Brown, Jennifer Raae-Nielsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral Special Section: COVID-19 respiratory infections Pandemic Humans Medicine Respiratory system Child Retrospective Studies business.industry pandemic Public health Social distance COVID-19 restrictions COVID-19 Articles Emergency department Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool viral testing Quarantine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Pediatrics |
| ISSN: | 1938-2707 0009-9228 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00099228211044842 |
| Popis: | To combat the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), significant measures were enacted including school and business closures, social distancing, and facial coverings. We hypothesized that this would have an impact on all respiratory infections in children. Using nasopharyngeal panel test results of children in the emergency department, we evaluated cross-sectional data from February to May in both 2019 and 2020. Respiratory panel testing included 11 common respiratory viruses and bacteria. After the restrictions were enacted, we observed a large drop in the number and percentage positive of all common respiratory viral infections in 2020 compared with the same time in 2019. When analyzing data from children |
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