Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain; Traslational Research Network of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2023 Jun-Jul;41(6):352-355. doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2021.12.018.
The epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objectives were to describe the RSV epidemic in 2021 and compare it with the previous years to the pandemic.
Retrospective study performed in Madrid (Spain) in a large pediatric hospital comparing the epidemiology and clinical data of RSV admissions during 2021 and the two previous seasons.
899 children were admitted for RSV infection during the study period. During 2021, the outbreak peaked in June and the last cases were identified in July. Previous seasons were detected in autumn-winter. The number of admissions in 2021 was significantly lower than in previous seasons. There were no differences between seasons regarding age, sex or disease severity.
RSV hospitalizations during 2021 in Spain moved to summer with no cases in autumn and winter 2020-2021. Unlike other countries, clinical data were similar between epidemics.
COVID-19 大流行期间，呼吸道合胞病毒（RSV）感染的流行病学发生了变化。我们的目的是描述 2021 年 RSV 流行情况，并将其与大流行前的年份进行比较。
在西班牙马德里的一家大型儿科医院进行回顾性研究，比较 2021 年和前两个流行季的 RSV 住院患者的流行病学和临床数据。
在研究期间，共有 899 名儿童因 RSV 感染住院。2021 年，疫情在 6 月达到高峰，最后一例病例发生在 7 月。前几个季节在秋冬出现。2021 年的住院人数明显低于前几个季节。季节之间在年龄、性别或疾病严重程度方面没有差异。
西班牙 2021 年 RSV 住院患者转移到夏季，2020-2021 年秋季和冬季无病例。与其他国家不同，流行期间的临床数据相似。
