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. 2021 Feb;27(2):641-643.
doi: 10.3201/eid2702.204041. Epub 2020 Dec 12.

COVID-19 and Infant Hospitalizations for Seasonal Respiratory Virus Infections, New Zealand, 2020

Adrian Trenholme, Rachel Webb, Shirley Lawrence, Sharon Arrol, Susan Taylor, Shanthi Ameratunga, Catherine A Byrnes

COVID-19 and Infant Hospitalizations for Seasonal Respiratory Virus Infections, New Zealand, 2020

Adrian Trenholme et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

In March 2020, a national elimination strategy for coronavirus disease was introduced in New Zealand. Since then, hospitalizations for lower respiratory tract infection among infants <2 years of age and cases of respiratory syncytial or influenza virus infection have dramatically decreased. These findings indicate additional benefits of coronavirus disease control strategies.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; New Zealand; SARS-CoV-2; South Auckland; coronavirus disease; hospitalizations; infants; influenza; lower respiratory tract infection; respiratory infections; respiratory syncytial virus; seasonal; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.

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Hospital discharges among children <2 years of age with lower respiratory tract infection, South Auckland, New Zealand, 2015–2019.
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