Epidemiology of Viruses Causing Pediatric Community Acquired Pneumonia in Shanghai During 2010-2020 : What Happened Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak?

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INTRODUCTION: Since the global outbreak of COVID-19, there has been a significant reduction in pediatric outpatient and emergency visits for infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in respiratory viruses in children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Shanghai in the past 10 years, especially in the first year after COVID-19.

METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, observational study; the results for eight common respiratory viruses (respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza virus A and B, parainfluenza virus 1-3 (PIV), adenovirus (ADV) and human metapneumovirus) tested by direct fluorescent antibody assays in hospitalized CAP cases in Children's Hospital of Fudan University during 2010-2020 were analyzed.

RESULTS: Of the 5544 hospitalized CAP patients included in this study, 20.2% (1125/5544) were positive for the eight respiratory viruses. The top three pathogens were RSV, PIV3 and ADV, detected from 9.8% (543/5544), 5.3% (294/5544) and 2.0% (111/5544) of the samples, respectively. RSV had the highest positive rates among children < 2 years old. In 2020, the detection rate of all viruses showed a sharp decline from February to August compared with the previous 9 years. When the Shanghai community reopened in August 2020, the detection rate of eight viruses rebounded significantly in September.

CONCLUSIONS: These eight respiratory viruses, especially RSV and PIV, were important pathogens of CAP in Shanghai children in the past 10 years. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the detection rates for eight respiratory viruses in children with CAP in Shanghai.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Infectious diseases and therapy - 11(2022), 1 vom: 25. Feb., Seite 165-174

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yuhan [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Linfeng [VerfasserIn]
Su, Liyun [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yulan [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Roujian [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Wenjie [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Children
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Respiratory viruses

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Date Revised 16.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40121-021-00548-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332346730