Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021

Moran Weinberger Opek; Yonatan Yeshayahu; Aharona Glatman-Freedman; Zalman Kaufman; Nadav Sorek; Tal Brosh-Nissimov

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100706

Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021

Moran Weinberger Opek, Yonatan Yeshayahu, Aharona Glatman-Freedman, Zalman Kaufman, Nadav Sorek, Tal Brosh-Nissimov

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital

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Abstract

Following low incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we noted a resurgence in hospitalised children in spring/summer 2021 following relaxation of public health measures. We compared this outbreak to previous autumn/winter seasons. We found higher weekly case numbers and incidence rates, more cases from urban neighbourhoods with lower socioeconomic status, and similar clinical presentation and severity. Public health implications include the re-evaluation of palivizumab administration and the need for surge capacity planning.

Original language	English
Journal	Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Volume	26
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100706
State	Published - 1 Jul 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
palivizumab administration
physical distancing
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
seasonality
summer

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Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Virology

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Weinberger Opek, M., Yeshayahu, Y., Glatman-Freedman, A., Kaufman, Z., Sorek, N., & Brosh-Nissimov, T. (2021). Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021. Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 26(29). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100706

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Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021. / Weinberger Opek, Moran; Yeshayahu, Yonatan; Glatman-Freedman, Aharona et al.
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Weinberger Opek M, Yeshayahu Y, Glatman-Freedman A, Kaufman Z, Sorek N, Brosh-Nissimov T. Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021. Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. 2021 Jul 1;26(29). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100706

Delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic in children after relaxation of COVID-19 physical distancing measures, Ashdod, Israel, 2021

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