Abstract
Objective
To investigate the epidemiological features in children after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Methods
This study collected throat swabs and serum samples from hospitalized pediatric patients of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei province, China before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Respiratory infected pathogens [adenovirus (ADV), influenza virus A/B (Flu A/B), parainfluenza virus 1/2/3 (PIV1/2/3), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP), and Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP)] were detected. The pathogens, age, and gender were used to analyze the epidemiological features in children after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results
The pathogen detection rate was significantly higher in females than in males (P<0.05), and the infection of PIV1 and MP was mainly manifested. After the COVID-19 pandemic, PIV1, PIV3, RSV, and MP had statistically different detection rates among the age groups (P<0.05), and was mainly detected in patients aged 0–6 years, 0–3 years, 0–3 years, and 1–6 years, respectively. When comparing before the COVID-19 pandemic, the total detection rate of common respiratory pathogens was lower (P<0.05). Except for the increase in the detection rate of PIV1 and CP, the infection rate of other pathogens had almost decreased.
Conclusion
The prevention and control measures for the COVID-19 pandemic effectively changed the epidemiological features of common respiratory tract infectious diseases in pediatric children.
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This work was supported by grants from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2042022kf1215), the Special Funds for Innovation in Scientific Research Program of Zhongshan (No. 2020AG024), Chinese Foundation for Hepatitis Prevention and Control: TianQing Liver Disease Research Fund Subject (No. TGQB20210109), the Open Funds of Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Digestive System Tumors of Zhejiang Province (No. KFJJ-202005 and No. KFJJ-201907), the Open Research Program of the State Key Laboratory of Virology of China (No. 2021KF002 and No. 2021KF006), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (No. 2020CFB619), and Wuhan Municipal Health Research Foundation (No. WX21Z36).
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Ma, Je., Ma, Qf., Wang, W. et al. Analysis of Common Respiratory Infected Pathogens in 3100 Children after the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. CURR MED SCI 42, 1094–1098 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-022-2635-z
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