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2023-06-14Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/11437
Respiratory infections in children and adolescents in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.contributor.authorBuchholz, Udo
dc.contributor.authorLehfeld, Ann-Sophie
dc.contributor.authorTolksdorf, Kristin
dc.contributor.authorCai, Wei
dc.contributor.authorReiche, Janine
dc.contributor.authorBiere, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorDürrwald, Ralf
dc.contributor.authorBuda, Silke
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-14T13:12:46Z
dc.date.available2023-06-14T13:12:46Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-14none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/11131
dc.description.abstractBackground: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in children were mainly characterised by three pathogens: respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV), influenza viruses and rhinoviruses. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken in Germany (especially until the end of 2021) on the incidence of ARI in children and adolescents aged 0 to 14 years and the pathogens causing them has not yet been comprehensively analysed. Methods: The evaluation is based on data from population-based, virological and hospital-based surveillance instruments up to the end of 2022. Results: After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, ARI rates remained almost consistently below pre-pandemic levels until autumn 2021, with only rhinoviruses continuously continuing to cause ARI. Only when the Omicron variant became predominant in 2022, there were measurable COVID-19 rates at population level in children, although COVID-19 hospitalisation rates remained comparatively low. RSV and influenza waves were initially absent and then occurred ‘out of season’, but were more severe than usual. Conclusions: While the measures taken were effective in inhibiting the number of respiratory infections for almost 1.5 years, moderately frequent but rather mild COVID-19 cases occurred when measures were lifted. When Omicron emerged in 2022 COVID-19 became moderately frequent but led predominantly to mild illnesses. For RSV and influenza, the measures resulted in changes in their annual timing and intensity.ger
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectRespiratory Infectionseng
dc.subjectCOVID-19 Pandemiceng
dc.subjectGrippeWebeng
dc.subjectRSVeng
dc.subjectInfluenza Viruseng
dc.subjectRhinoviruseng
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2eng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleRespiratory infections in children and adolescents in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemicnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/11131-3
dc.identifier.doi10.25646/11437
local.edoc.container-titleJournal of Health Monitoringnone
local.edoc.pages19none
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local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-issue2none
local.edoc.container-firstpage20none
local.edoc.container-lastpage38none

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