Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 on the circulation of respiratory viruses in a children’s hospital: an expected absence
Author(s) -
María Florencia Luciön,
María Del Valle Juárez,
María Natalia Pejito,
Ana S Orqueda,
Lucía Romero Bollón,
Alicia Mistchenko,
Ángela Gentile
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2022.eng.99
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis , population , human metapneumovirus , pneumonia , retrospective cohort study , human bocavirus , pediatrics , respiratory tract infections , respiratory system , environmental health
Respiratory viruses are the main cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) in the pediatric population. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had reached the pandemic status. Our objective was to describe the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalizations due to ALRTI at Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez (HNRG) and virus circulation.