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ReviewInfectious disease reports2022

Impact of COVID-19 on the Changing Patterns of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections.

Ishan Garg, Rahul Shekhar, Abu Baker Sheikh, Suman Pal

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Review in Infectious disease reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ishan GargDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
Rahul ShekharDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
Abu Baker SheikhDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0503-6961
Suman PalDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seasonal epidemics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and mortality among children. Preventive measures implemented to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, including facemasks, stay-at-home orders, closure of schools and local-national borders, and hand hygiene, may have also prevented the transmission of RSV and influenza. However, with the easing of COVID-19 imposed restrictions, many regions are noticing a delayed RSV outbreak. Some of these regions have also noted an increase in severity of these delayed RSV outbreaks partly due to a lack of protective immunity in the community following a lack of exposure from the previous season. Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic can be implemented for controlling RSV outbreaks, including: (1) measures to reduce the spread, (2) effective vaccine development, and (3) genomic surveillance tools and computational modeling to predict the timing and severity of RSV outbreaks. These measures can help reduce the severity and prepare the health care system to deal with future RSV outbreaks by appropriate and timely allocation of health care resources.

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coronavirus 2019COVID-19respiratory syncytial virusRSVRSV outbreakSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35893478
PMCPMC9394296

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