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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2024

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic non-pharmacologic interventions temporally associated with reduced pediatric infections due to

Bobby L Boyanton, Rachel A Frenner, Ashton Ingold, Lilliam Ambroggio, Joshua L Kennedy

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bobby L BoyantonDepartment of Pathology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5665-7357
Rachel A FrennerDepartment of Pathology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Ashton IngoldArkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Lilliam AmbroggioSections of Emergency Medicine and Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6242-607X
Joshua L KennedyArkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-9051
Arkansas Children's Hospital · USChildren's Hospital Colorado · US

Funding

Translational Regulation in Normal Erythropoiesis and Diamond Blackfan AnemiaP20GM121293 · NIGMS · ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RES INST · PI Alan Tackett, Sean D. Taverna · 2017 to 2026
$27.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM121293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-pharmacologic interventions (NPIs), such as universal masking, implemented during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic have reduced respiratory infections among children. This study evaluated the impact of NPIs on IMPORTANCE: Non-pharmacologic interventions (NPIs) effectively curtailed the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and, fortuitously, many other aerosol-transmitted respiratory pathogens. This study included the largest data set of symptomatic, pediatric patients from within the United States spanning a period from November 2017 through December 2023, and encompassed individuals residing in both rural and urban settings. We observed a strong correlation between the implementation and cessation of NPIs with the rate of respiratory infections due to

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CoinfectionCOVID-19Respiratory Tract InfectionsArkansasChildChild, PreschoolHumansMycoplasma pneumoniaePandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19infection controlNPIsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2social distancinguniversal masking

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PMID38488365
PMCPMC10986484
OpenAlexW4393219892

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