Changing Epidemiology of Acute Viral Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Children
The Post-Lockdown Effect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15720152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Maglione (0000-0001-8181-2219, Santobono Children's Hospital), Antonia Pascarella (0000-0002-6997-8950, Santobono Children's Hospital), Chiara Botti (0000-0002-2304-5303, Santobono Children's Hospital), Giuseppe Ricci (0000-0002-0871-7618, Santobono Children's Hospital), Fiorella Morelli (Santobono Children's Hospital), Fabiana Camelia (Santobono Children's Hospital), Alberto Micillo (0000-0003-0586-8522, Santobono Children's Hospital), Camilla Calì (0000-0002-7228-2399, Santobono Children's Hospital), Fabio Savoia (0000-0001-7132-0050, Santobono Children's Hospital), Vincenzo Tipo (0000-0001-8159-2359, Santobono Children's Hospital), Antonietta Giannattasio (0000-0002-0160-0177, Santobono Children's Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1242-1242 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/children9081242 |
| PMID | 36010132 |
| OpenAlex | W4292260946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Several reports highlighted how public health measures aimed at limiting severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) circulation have likely contributed to reducing the circulation of other respiratory viruses, particularly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We evaluated the epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in a large cohort of hospitalized children during the third year of the pandemic (2021−2022). We retrospectively analyzed data from the health records of children (<14 years) hospitalized for acute respiratory infections between 1 July 2021 and 31 March 2022. A total of 1763 respiratory panels were collected. Overall, 1269 (72%) panels hadpositive results for at least one pathogen. Most positive panels (53.8%) belonged to patients aged 1−12 months. The most detected pathogen was respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (57.8% of positive panels). The RSV peak occurred in November 2021. Nine hundred and forty-five (74.5%) panels were positive for one pathogen while three hundred and twenty-four (25.5%) showed multiple infections. Patients with multiple infections were significantly older than those with a single infection. The 2021−2022 peak of RSV infection in Italy occurred earlier than in the previous pre-pandemic seasons. A high number of children have been hospitalized because of acute viral infections also due to less aggressive viruses
Cohort · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Outbreak · Pandemic · Pathogen · Respiratory system · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · Medicine · Respiratory Support and Mechanisms · Respiratory viral infections research · Epidemiology · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |