An Italian Multicenter Study on the Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Hospitalized Children

• Autori principali: Raffaella Nenna (Autore), Luigi Matera (Autore), Amelia Licari (Autore), Sara Manti (Autore), Gaia Di Bella (Autore), Alessandra Pierangeli (Autore), Anna Teresa Palamara (Autore), Luana Nosetti (Autore), Salvatore Leonardi (Autore), Gian Luigi Marseglia (Autore), Fabio Midulla (Autore), ICHRIS Group (Autore), Massimo Agosti (Autore), Guido Antonelli (Autore), Fausto Baldanti (Autore), Flaminia Bonci (Autore), Maria Giulia Conti (Autore), Greta Di Mattia (Autore), Guglielmo Ferrari (Autore), Antonella Frassanito (Autore), Ginevra Gargiulo (Autore), Federica Giardina (Autore), Manuela Lo Bianco (Autore), Fabrizio Maggi (Autore), Paola Magri (Autore), Enrica Mancino (Autore), Matteo Naso (Autore), Federica Novazzi (Autore), Giuseppe Oliveto (Autore), Giuseppe Fabio Parisi (Autore), Maria Papale (Autore), Paola Papoff (Autore), Laura Petrarca (Autore), Antonio Piralla (Autore), Santiago Presti (Autore), Gaia Vanzù (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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• Notes: 2296-2360; 10.3389/fped.2022.930281
• Keywords: respiratory infections; pediatrics; respiratory syncytial virus; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Pediatrics; RJ1-570
• Source: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 10 (2022)

Since the beginning of 2020, a remarkably low incidence of respiratory virus hospitalizations has been reported worldwide. We prospectively evaluated 587 children, aged <12 years, admitted for respiratory tract infections from 1 September 2021 to 15 March 2022 in four Italian pediatric hospitals to assess the burden of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. At admission, a Clinical Respiratory Score was assigned and nasopharyngeal or nasal washing samples were collected and tested for respiratory viruses. Total admissions increased from the second half of October 2021 to the first half of December 2021 with a peak in early November 2021. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) incidence curve coincided with the total hospitalizations curve, occurred earlier than in the pre-pandemic years, and showed an opposite trend with respect to the incidence rate of SARS-CoV-2. Our results demonstrated an early peak in pediatric hospitalizations for RSV. SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit a competitive pressure on other respiratory viruses, most notably RSV.