The return of RSV during the COVID-19 pandemic

Fernando Ferrero; Maria F Ossorio; Maria J Rial

doi:10.1002/ppul.25802

The return of RSV during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Mar;57(3):770-771. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25802. Epub 2022 Jan 20.

Authors

Fernando Ferrero¹, Maria F Ossorio¹, Maria J Rial¹

Affiliation

¹ Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 34951156
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25802

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations practically disappeared in 2020. Now, with Southern Hemisphere 2021 winter behind us, RSV has returned. Despite it is difficult to weigh the impact of pandemic mitigation measures on common respiratory virus circulation, it appears that acute respiratory infections in children are returning to their usual epidemiology.

Keywords: COVID-19; bronchiolitis; human; respiratory syncytial virus.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Child
Humans
Pandemics
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human*
SARS-CoV-2