Open AccessDelayed Bronchiolitis Epidemic in French Primary Care Setting Driven by Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Preliminary Data from the Oursyn Study, March 2021
Author(s) -
Alexis Rybak,
Corinne Lévy,
Camille Jung,
Stéphane Béchet,
Christophe Batard,
Fréderic Hassid,
Morched Zouari,
Fabienne Cahn-Sellem,
Mathieu Bangert,
Robert Cohen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003270
Subject(s) - bronchiolitis , medicine , primary care , acute bronchiolitis , pediatrics , covid-19 , respiratory system , virus , virology , family medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We report early results from a prospective primary care bronchiolitis surveillance study in France in which a 10-week delayed epidemic was detected from February to March 2021. Among 225 children under 2 years with swab testing for a first bronchiolitis episode, 55% had a positive test for RSV, 0 for influenza, and 1 for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.