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Editor, Senior Moderator
Influenza Other Respir Viruses
. 2023 Jul 23;17(7):e13178.
doi: 10.1111/irv.13178. eCollection 2023 Jul. Increased influenza severity in children in the wake of SARS-CoV-2
Gregory Hoy[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hannah E Maier[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Guillermina Kuan[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Nery Sánchez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Roger López[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Alyssa Meyers[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Miguel Plazaola[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sergio Ojeda[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angel Balmaseda[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Aubree Gordon[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and subsequent interruption of influenza circulation has lowered population immunity to influenza, especially among children with few prepandemic exposures. Using data from a prospective pediatric cohort study based in Managua, Nicaragua, we compared the incidence and severity of influenza A/H3N2 and influenza B/Victoria between 2022 and two prepandemic seasons. We found a higher incidence of A/H3N2 in older children in 2022 compared with pre-2020 and a higher proportion of severe influenza in 2022, primarily among children aged 0-4, suggesting an influence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on influenza incidence and severity in children.
Keywords: SARS‐CoV‐2; global health; influenza; pediatrics; severity.
. 2023 Jul 23;17(7):e13178.
doi: 10.1111/irv.13178. eCollection 2023 Jul. Increased influenza severity in children in the wake of SARS-CoV-2
Gregory Hoy[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hannah E Maier[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Guillermina Kuan[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Nery Sánchez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Roger López[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Alyssa Meyers[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Miguel Plazaola[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sergio Ojeda[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angel Balmaseda[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Aubree Gordon[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37492240
- PMCID: PMC10363782
- DOI: 10.1111/irv.13178
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and subsequent interruption of influenza circulation has lowered population immunity to influenza, especially among children with few prepandemic exposures. Using data from a prospective pediatric cohort study based in Managua, Nicaragua, we compared the incidence and severity of influenza A/H3N2 and influenza B/Victoria between 2022 and two prepandemic seasons. We found a higher incidence of A/H3N2 in older children in 2022 compared with pre-2020 and a higher proportion of severe influenza in 2022, primarily among children aged 0-4, suggesting an influence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on influenza incidence and severity in children.
Keywords: SARS‐CoV‐2; global health; influenza; pediatrics; severity.