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ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2022

Population-based study of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease among Greek children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Danai Ktena, Eleni Kourkouni, Flora Kontopidou, Kassiani Gkolfinopoulou, Kalliopi Papadima, Theano Georgakopoulou, Ioanna Magaziotou, Anastasia Andreopoulou, Georgina Tzanakaki, Theoklis Zaoutis and 1 more

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Danai KtenaThird Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0952-8915
Eleni KourkouniCentre for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Athens, Greece.
Flora KontopidouDepartment of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Intervention for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
Kassiani GkolfinopoulouDepartment of Surveillance Systems, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
Kalliopi PapadimaDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
Theano GeorgakopoulouDepartment for Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Congenital Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
Ioanna MagaziotouDepartment for Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Congenital Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
Anastasia AndreopoulouDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
Georgina TzanakakiNational Meningitis Reference Laboratory, Department of Public Health Policy, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Theoklis Zaoutis *Second Department of Pediatrics, P&A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece.
Vassiliki Papaevangelou *Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece vpapaev@med.uoa.gr.
National Public Health Organization · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRCenter for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology · ITUniversity of West Attica · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAiming to the containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, governments worldwide have implemented a series of non-pharmaceutical interventions. Many of them and especially school closures have impacted the circulation of multiple airborne pathogens among children and adolescents. This study investigates the incidence of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease among children aged 0-14 years in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsData regarding the number of influenza-like illness cases, influenza-related paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions and invasive meningococcal disease cases among children 0-14 years old were obtained from the National Public Health Organization. The incidence of the two diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020/2021) was compared with that of the six preceding seasons (2014-2019).

resultsA notable decrease was observed in both influenza and invasive meningococcal disease cases during the period 2020/2021 compared with the years 2014-2019. The mean annual rate of influenza-like illness cases and influenza-related PICU admissions in children 0-14 years old has reduced by 66.9% and 100%, respectively, while the mean annual invasive meningococcal disease rate has declined by 70%. Both weekly influenza-like illness and monthly invasive meningococcal disease rates were significantly decreased.

conclusionsThe activity of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease in the children and adolescents of Greece has decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Reduced transmission is likely related to the public health measures that were implemented to control the pandemic. The value of these measures may have relevance to the future management of influenza or invasive meningococcal disease epidemics.

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COVID-19Influenza, HumanMeningococcal InfectionsVirus DiseasesAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolGreeceHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPandemicsCOVID-19epidemiology

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