Resurgence of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in Egypt following two years of decline during the COVID-19 pandemic: outpatient clinic survey of infants and children, October 2022

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1067 - 9
• Main Authors: Kandeel, Amr, Fahim, Manal, Deghedy, Ola, Roshdy, Wael H., Khalifa, Mohamed K., Shesheny, Rabeh El, Kandeil, Ahmed, Naguib, Amel, Afifi, Salma, Mohsen, Amira, Abdelghaffar, Khaled
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.06.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acute respiratory infection; Age; Children; Clinics; Control; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Dyspnea; Elementary school students; Health aspects; Identification and classification; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Influenza viruses; Lung diseases; Mortality; Outbreak; Pandemics; Patients; Polls & surveys; Prevention; Public health; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory Syncytial virus; Risk factors; Rural areas; Services; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Signs and symptoms; Social aspects; Surveillance systems; Survey; Surveys; Viral diseases; Viruses; Egypt; Spain; Influenza viruses; Survey; Acute respiratory infection; Outbreak; Respiratory Syncytial virus

Two years after unprecedented low rates of circulation of most common respiratory viruses (SARS-CoV-2), the Egyptian ARI surveillance system detected an increase in acute respiratory infections (ARIs) with a reduced circulation of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), esp...