Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children in Two Consecutive Postpandemic Years-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children in Two Consecutive Postpandemic Years

Published:2024-01-10 Issue:4 Volume:43 Page:e141-e144
ISSN:0891-3668
Container-title:Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
language:en
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Author:

Steinberg Ruth¹²^ORCID,Marty Véronique¹,Korten Insa¹^ORCID,Aebi Christoph³^ORCID,Latzin Philipp¹^ORCID,Agyeman Philipp KA³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. From the Division of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital

2. Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

3. Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Abstract

We assessed human metapneumovirus infections in children hospitalized between 2011 and 2023 and compared the strongest pre- and postpandemic seasons. After the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed offseason cases and loss of the alternating pattern of the human metapneumovirus season magnitude. Incidence rate ratio of 0- to 11-month-old versus 12- to 23-month-old children was 2.1 (95% CI: 1.0–4.8) before and 1.3 (95% CI: 0.6–2.9) after the pandemic.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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