Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of respiratory viruses in children with lower respiratory tract infections in China

• Published in: Virology journal Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 159
• Main Authors: Liu, Pengcheng, Xu, Menghua, Cao, Lingfeng, Su, Liyun, Lu, Lijuan, Dong, Niuniu, Jia, Ran, Zhu, Xunhua, Xu, Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 03.08.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age groups; Care and treatment; Children; China; Communicable diseases in children; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 infection; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Human metapneumovirus; Infections; Influence; Influenza; Intensive care; Laboratories; Methods; Nonpharmaceutical interventions; Orthomyxoviridae; Pandemics; Parainfluenza; Patients; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Public health; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract diseases; Respiratory tract infection; Respiratory tract infections; Respiratory viruses; Rhinovirus; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Viral infections; virology; Viruses; China; United States > US

The multifaceted non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) taken during the COVID-19 pandemic not only decrease the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2, but have impact on the prevalence of other viruses. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of common respiratory viruses among hospitalized children with...