Striking Decrease of Enteroviral Meningitis in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Zendy

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Striking Decrease of Enteroviral Meningitis in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s) -

Larissa Stoffel,

Philipp Agyeman,

Kristina Keitel,

Maria Teresa Barbani,

Andrea Duppenthaler,

Matthias Kopp,

Christoph Aebi

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab115

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , meningitis , virology , viral meningitis , pediatrics , bacterial meningitis , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease

We report the unprecedented complete absence of pediatric enteroviral meningitis in 2020 in the area of Bern, Switzerland. Presumably an unintended effect of coronavirus disease 2019 public health measures, this finding highlights the potential of community-wide nonpharmaceutical interventions for controlling the circulation of a major pediatric pathogen, which is mainly transmitted by the fecal–oral route.

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