Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of acute bronchiolitis

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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 3 rd 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.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2023 Jun-Jul;41(6):319-320. - PMID 37273943

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 41(2023), 6 vom: 21. Juni, Seite 348-351

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Influencia de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre la epidemiología de la bronquiolitis aguda

Beteiligte Personen:

Bermúdez Barrezueta, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Gutiérrez Zamorano, María [VerfasserIn]
López-Casillas, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Brezmes-Raposo, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Sanz Fernández, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Pino Vázquez, María de la Asunción [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bronchiolitis
COVID-19
English Abstract
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Pandemic
Respiratory syncytial virus

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Date Revised 05.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2023 Jun-Jul;41(6):319-320. - PMID 37273943

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.eimc.2021.11.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33491468X