Increasing rhinovirus prevalence in paediatric intensive care patients since the SARS-CoV2 pandemic

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BACKGROUND: Rhinovirus (HRV) is a significant seasonal pathogen in children. The emergence of SARS-CoV2, and the social restrictions introduced in, disrupted viral epidemiology. Here we describe the experience of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), where HRV almost entirely disappeared from the paediatric intensive care units (PICU) during the first national lockdown and then rapidly re-emerged with a fast-increasing incidence, leading to concerns about possible nosocomial transmission in a vulnerable population.

OBJECTIVES: To describe alterations in HRV infection amongst PICU patients at GOSH since the emergence of SARS-COV2 STUDY DESIGN: 10,950 nasopharyngeal aspirate viral PCR samples from GOSH PICU patients from 2019 to 2023 were included. 3083 returned a positive result for a respiratory virus, with 1530 samples positive for HRV. 66 HRV isolates from August 2020 - Jan 2021, the period of rapidly increasing HRV incidence, were sequenced. Electronic health record data was retrospectively collected for the same period.

RESULTS: Following a reduction in the incidence of HRV infection during the first national lockdown, multiple genotypes of HRV emerged amongst GOSH PICU patients, with the incidence of HRV infection rapidly surging to levels higher than that seen prior to the emergence of SARS-CoV2 and continuing to circulate at increased incidence year-round.

CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of HRV infection amongst GOSH PICU patients is markedly higher than prior to the emergence of SARS-CoV2, a pattern not seen in other respiratory viruses. The increased burden of HRV-infection in vulnerable PICU patients has both clinical and infection prevention and control Implications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:166

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Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 166(2023) vom: 01. Sept., Seite 105555

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gil, Eliza [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Sunando [VerfasserIn]
Best, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Hatcher, James [VerfasserIn]
Breuer, Judith [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Paediatric infection
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory virus
Rhinovirus
SARS-CoV2

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Date Completed 16.08.2023

Date Revised 16.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105555

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360357423