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Editor, Senior Moderator
Arch Argent Pediatr
. 2022 Aug;120(4):269-273.
doi: 10.5546/aap.2022.eng.269. Epub 2022 May 4.
Respiratory syncytial virus and influenza surveillance in schoolchildren seen at a children's hospital over 2 months of the second semester of 2021
[Article in Spanish, English]
Ana S Orqueda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], María F Lucion[SUP] 2 [/SUP], María de V Juárez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Raquel Barquez[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Patricia Stach[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ana Nievas[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Luisina F Losi[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ramiro F Suárez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lucía Romero Bollón[SUP] 2 [/SUP], María N Pejito[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alicia S Mistchenko[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Ángela Gentile[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
in English, Spanish
Introduction: Reporting of respiratory infections reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus(RSV) and influenza in schoolchildren seen at a children's hospital during the return to school.
Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients aged 3-18 years suspected of COVID-19 with a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 between August and October 2021. Participants were stratified by level of education. PCR was used to detect RSV and influenza.
Results: A total of 619 children were included: 234 in pre-school, 224 in primary and 161 in secondary school; 25.5% (158) tested positive for RSV (36.3% in the pre-school level versus 21% in primary and 16% in secondary school). Infection among adolescents was associated with school contact with symptomatic cases (OR 2.5; 95%CI 1-6.80; p = 0.04). No case of influenza was detected.
Conclusions: RSV was isolated in one fourth of the study population, with a higher frequency in pre-school; among adolescents, it was associated with school contact with symptomatic cases. No case of influenza was detected.
Keywords: COVID-19; education; influenza; respiratory infections; respiratory syncytial virus.
. 2022 Aug;120(4):269-273.
doi: 10.5546/aap.2022.eng.269. Epub 2022 May 4.
Respiratory syncytial virus and influenza surveillance in schoolchildren seen at a children's hospital over 2 months of the second semester of 2021
[Article in Spanish, English]
Ana S Orqueda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], María F Lucion[SUP] 2 [/SUP], María de V Juárez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Raquel Barquez[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Patricia Stach[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ana Nievas[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Luisina F Losi[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ramiro F Suárez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lucía Romero Bollón[SUP] 2 [/SUP], María N Pejito[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alicia S Mistchenko[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Ángela Gentile[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35900954
- DOI: 10.5546/aap.2022.eng.269
Abstract
in English, Spanish
Introduction: Reporting of respiratory infections reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus(RSV) and influenza in schoolchildren seen at a children's hospital during the return to school.
Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients aged 3-18 years suspected of COVID-19 with a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 between August and October 2021. Participants were stratified by level of education. PCR was used to detect RSV and influenza.
Results: A total of 619 children were included: 234 in pre-school, 224 in primary and 161 in secondary school; 25.5% (158) tested positive for RSV (36.3% in the pre-school level versus 21% in primary and 16% in secondary school). Infection among adolescents was associated with school contact with symptomatic cases (OR 2.5; 95%CI 1-6.80; p = 0.04). No case of influenza was detected.
Conclusions: RSV was isolated in one fourth of the study population, with a higher frequency in pre-school; among adolescents, it was associated with school contact with symptomatic cases. No case of influenza was detected.
Keywords: COVID-19; education; influenza; respiratory infections; respiratory syncytial virus.