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- Title
Fall of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children following COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions: A Time Series Analysis.
- Authors
Rybak, Alexis; Yang, David Dawei; Schrimpf, Cécile; Guedj, Romain; Levy, Corinne; Cohen, Robert; Gajdos, Vincent; Tort, Julie; Skurnik, David; Ouldali, Naïm; Angoulvant, François
- Abstract
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A first national lockdown was decided in France on the 17 March 2020. These measures had an impact on other viral and non-viral infectious diseases. We aimed to assess this impact on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. We performed a quasi-experimental interrupted time series analysis. We used data from a French prospective surveillance system of six pediatric emergency departments (PEDs). All visits from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020 were included. Pre-intervention period was before 17 March 2020 and post-intervention period was after 18 March 2020. We estimated the impact on the weekly number of visits for CAP and CAP admission using quasi-Poisson regression modeling. A total of 981,782 PEDs visits were analyzed; among them, 8318 visits were associated with CAP, and 1774 of these were followed by a hospital admission. A major decrease was observed for CAP visits (−79.7% 95% CI [−84.3; −73.8]; p < 0.0001), and CAP admission (−71.3% 95 CI [−78.8; −61.1]; p < 0.0001). We observed a dramatic decrease of CAP in children following NPIs implementation. Further studies are required to assess the long-term impact of these measures.
- Subjects
FRANCE; COVID-19; COMMUNITY-acquired pneumonia; PEDIATRIC emergency services; COMMUNICABLE diseases; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Pathogens, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 11, p1375
- ISSN
2076-0817
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pathogens10111375