Childhood Respiratory Illnesses Before and After COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions
Melanie M Randall, Jennifer Raae-Nielsen, Christin J Tu, Besh R Barcega, Timothy P Young, Lance A Brown · 2024
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Description
Randall and co-authors chart how children's respiratory infections swung across the COVID years in this 2024 study. Lockdowns famously suppressed common viruses, and the rebound after reopening was unclear. The team reviewed every respiratory test at a large children's hospital from 2018 to 2023.
Before 2020 the lab ran a median of 1,080 tests a week with positivity near 4 percent. In 2020 volume halved to 486 a week and positivity fell to 1.74 percent. After schools reopened in 2021, tests recovered partly and positivity returned to 4.07 percent. The panel covers flu, RSV, and many lesser viruses. The record gives a baseline for judging future seasonal surges.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Melanie M Randall, Jennifer Raae-Nielsen, Christin J Tu, Besh R Barcega, Timothy P Young, Lance A Brown |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |