Changing Epidemiology of Acute Viral Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Children: The Post-Lockdown Effect
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Infections * (n = 1674) | Multiple Infections (n = 324) | |||
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n | % | n | % | |
RSV | 733 | 43.8 | 171 | 52.8 |
ADV | 124 | 7.4 | 98 | 30.2 |
CO229E | 4 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.6 |
CONL | 17 | 1.0 | 10 | 3.1 |
COOC | 42 | 2.5 | 22 | 6.8 |
SARS-CoV-2 | 36 | 2.2 | 15 | 4.6 |
HMPV | 72 | 4.3 | 42 | 13 |
HRV/EV | 433 | 25.9 | 246 | 75.9 |
FluA | 11 | 0.7 | 5 | 1.5 |
FluB | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
PIV2 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.6 |
PIV3 | 181 | 10.8 | 100 | 30.9 |
PIV4 | 18 | 1.1 | 15 | 4.6 |
Multiple Infections | Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 324, 26%) | No (n = 945, 74%) | |||||||||||
n | % | n | % | OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p | |||
Gender | 0.89 | 0.69 | 1.14 | 0.36 | 0.81 | 0.63 | 1.06 | 0.12 | ||||
Male | 181 | 26.6 | 500 | 73.4 | ||||||||
Female | 143 | 24.3 | 445 | 75.7 | ||||||||
Age group | ||||||||||||
0–31 days | 24 | 18.3 | 107 | 81.7 | ||||||||
1–12 months | 138 | 20.2 | 545 | 79.8 | 1.13 | 0.70 | 1.83 | 0.62 | 1.11 | 0.69 | 1.80 | 0.67 |
12–24 months | 65 | 36.7 | 112 | 63.3 | 2.59 | 1.51 | 4.43 | <0.001 | 2.61 | 1.51 | 4.49 | <0.001 |
2–5 years | 82 | 37.4 | 137 | 62.6 | 2.67 | 1.59 | 4.49 | <0.001 | 2.72 | 1.61 | 4.59 | <0.001 |
Over 5 years | 15 | 25.4 | 44 | 74.6 | 1.52 | 0.73 | 3.17 | 0.26 | 1.43 | 0.68 | 3.02 | 0.34 |
Season | ||||||||||||
Summer | 60 | 27.5 | 158 | 72.5 | ||||||||
Autumn | 204 | 24.2 | 638 | 75.7 | 0.84 | 0.60 | 1.18 | 0.32 | 1.05 | 0.74 | 1.49 | 0.79 |
Winter | 60 | 28.7 | 149 | 71.3 | 1.06 | 0.70 | 1.62 | 0.79 | 1.21 | 0.79 | 1.87 | 0.38 |
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Maglione, M.; Pascarella, A.; Botti, C.; Ricci, G.; Morelli, F.; Camelia, F.; Micillo, A.; Calì, C.; Savoia, F.; Tipo, V.; et al. Changing Epidemiology of Acute Viral Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Children: The Post-Lockdown Effect. Children 2022, 9, 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081242
Maglione M, Pascarella A, Botti C, Ricci G, Morelli F, Camelia F, Micillo A, Calì C, Savoia F, Tipo V, et al. Changing Epidemiology of Acute Viral Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Children: The Post-Lockdown Effect. Children. 2022; 9(8):1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081242
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaglione, Marco, Antonia Pascarella, Chiara Botti, Giuseppe Ricci, Fiorella Morelli, Fabiana Camelia, Alberto Micillo, Camilla Calì, Fabio Savoia, Vincenzo Tipo, and et al. 2022. "Changing Epidemiology of Acute Viral Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Children: The Post-Lockdown Effect" Children 9, no. 8: 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081242