Incidence of acute respiratory infections in preschool children in an outpatient setting before and during Covid-19 pandemic in Lombardy Region, Italy

• Main Authors: Chiara Mameli (Author), Marina Picca (Author), Roberto Buzzetti (Author), Maria Elisabetta Pace (Author), Raffaele Badolato (Author), Claudio Cravidi (Author), Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti (Author), Paola Marchisio (Author), for the Italian Society of Paediatrics Lombardy Section (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction The incidence of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in children is difficult to estimate because they are typically treated in outpatient settings and the majority of epidemiological data originate from hospital settings and refer to the most severe illnesses. Therefore...