ReviewBMC pediatrics2024
Impact of COVID‑19 pandemic restrictions and subsequent relaxation on the prevalence of respiratory virus hospitalizations in children.
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- Clinical and epidemiological changes in severe viral respiratory infections in pediatric patients after the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infections Pre-, During, and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Period Among the Pediatric Population in the United Arab Emirates: A Retrospective Observational Study.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Observational
- Shifting patterns of pediatric respiratory viruses during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a retrospective observational study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Observational
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- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Bronchiolitis Epidemiology in Greece.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Resurgence and seasonal patterns of RSV-B during the COVID-19 era: an 18-year retrospective hospital-based study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of human rhinovirus in hospitalized children and adolescents with acute respiratory infections: a longitudinal study in Shenzhen, China (2019-2024).Virology journal · 2025Article
- Pediatric Acute Respiratory Virus Hospitalizations: A Population-Based Cohort Study, 2017-2024.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Epidemiological and clinical profile of viral respiratory infections in children under 5 years at pre- and post-COVID-19 era in Praia, Cabo Verde.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2025Article
- Burden of bronchiolitis post-COVID-19 pandemic in children less than 2 years old in 2021-2024: experience from a tertiary center in Saudi Arabia.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Epidemiological characteristics of respiratory tract infections during and after the pandemic of COVID-19 from 2021 - 2023 in Shenzhen, southern China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Whole Genome Sequencing and Genetic Diversity of Respiratory Viruses Detected in Children With Acute Respiratory Infections: A One-Year Cross-Sectional Study in Senegal.Journal of medical virology · 2025Article
- Excess deaths from all-causes mortality in children following the discontinuation of the COVID-19 policy in Thailand.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Resurgence of common respiratory viruses and mycoplasma pneumoniae after ending the zero-COVID policy in Shanghai.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Changing Trends in Paediatric Acute Respiratory Infections:Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2025Article
- Analysis of respiratory pathogen detection in hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infections after ending the zero COVID policy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The frequency of serious bacterial infection in febrile infants less than 90 days infected with SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viral pathogens.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic and the consequently adopted worldwide control measures have resulted in global changes in the epidemiology and severity of other respiratory viruses. We compared the number and severity of viral acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) hospitalizations and determined changes in causative respiratory pathogens before, during, and after the pandemic among young children in Qatar.
methodsIn this single-center retrospective study, we reviewed data of children ≤ 36 months old who were admitted to Sidra Medicine in Qatar with a viral ALRTI during winter seasons (September-April) between 2019 and 2023. The study period was divided into three distinct seasons based on the pandemic-imposed restrictions as follows: (1) the period between September 2019 and April 2020 was considered the pre-COVID-19 pandemic season; (2) the periods between September 2020 and April 2021, and the period between January and April 2022 were considered the COVID-19 pandemic seasons; and (3) the periods between September 2022 and April 2023 was considered the post-COVID-19 pandemic season.
resultsDuring the COVID-19 season, 77 patients were admitted, compared with 153 patients during the pre-COVID-19 season and 230 patients during the post-COVID-19 season. RSV was the dominant virus during the pre-COVID-19 season, with a detection rate of 50.9%. RSV infection rate dropped significantly during the COVID-19 season to 10.4% and then increased again during the post-COVID-19 season to 29.1% (P < 0.001). Rhinovirus was the dominant virus during the COVID-19 (39.1%) and post-COVID-19 seasons (61%) compared to the pre-COVID-19 season (31.4%) (P < 0.001). The average length of hospital stay was significantly longer in the post-COVID-19 season than in the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 seasons (P < 0.001). No significant differences in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission rate (P = 0.22), PICU length of stay (p = 0.479), or respiratory support requirements were detected between the three seasons.
conclusionOur study showed reduced viral ALRTI hospitalizations in Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic with reduced RSV detection. An increase in viral ALRTI hospitalizations accompanied by a resurgence of RSV circulation following the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions was observed without changes in disease severity.
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