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Editor, Senior Moderator
Pediatr Infect Dis J
. 2022 Jan 27.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003460. Online ahead of print.
Very Low Incidence of SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and RSV but High Incidence of Rhino-, Adeno- and Endemic Coronaviruses in Children With Acute Respiratory Infection in Primary Care Pediatric Practices During the Second and Third Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Geraldine Engels[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Johanna Sack, Benedikt Weissbrich, Katrin Hartmann, Kerstin Knies, Christoph Härtel, Andrea Streng, Lars Dölken, Johannes G Liese, CoPraKid Study Group
Affiliations
Abstract
Respiratory viruses were detected by multiplex-polymerase chain reaction from oropharyngeal swabs in 114/168 (67.9%) children with acute respiratory infection presenting to 5 pediatric practices in Germany between November 2020 and April 2021. In contrast to rhino- (48.8%), adeno- (14.3%) and endemic coronaviruses (14.9%), SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus were detected only once; respiratory syncytial virus was not detected. This demonstrates differing impacts of pandemic infection control measures on the spread of respiratory viruses.
. 2022 Jan 27.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003460. Online ahead of print.
Very Low Incidence of SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and RSV but High Incidence of Rhino-, Adeno- and Endemic Coronaviruses in Children With Acute Respiratory Infection in Primary Care Pediatric Practices During the Second and Third Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Geraldine Engels[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Johanna Sack, Benedikt Weissbrich, Katrin Hartmann, Kerstin Knies, Christoph Härtel, Andrea Streng, Lars Dölken, Johannes G Liese, CoPraKid Study Group
Affiliations
- PMID: 35175993
- DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003460
Abstract
Respiratory viruses were detected by multiplex-polymerase chain reaction from oropharyngeal swabs in 114/168 (67.9%) children with acute respiratory infection presenting to 5 pediatric practices in Germany between November 2020 and April 2021. In contrast to rhino- (48.8%), adeno- (14.3%) and endemic coronaviruses (14.9%), SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus were detected only once; respiratory syncytial virus was not detected. This demonstrates differing impacts of pandemic infection control measures on the spread of respiratory viruses.