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. 2021 Nov;27(11):2969-2970.
doi: 10.3201/eid2711.211565. Epub 2021 Aug 13.

Resurgence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Tokyo, Japan

Mugen Ujiie, Shinya Tsuzuki, Takato Nakamoto, Noriko Iwamoto

Resurgence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Tokyo, Japan

Mugen Ujiie et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

More than a year into the coronavirus-19 pandemic, intensified infection control measures have controlled most viral respiratory infections in Tokyo, Japan. As of July 2021, however, an unusually high number of respiratory syncytial virus infections were reported in Tokyo. This resurgence may have resulted from restarting social activities for children.

Keywords: COVID-19; Japan; RSV; SARS-CoV-2; Tokyo; coronavirus disease; pandemic; respiratory infections; respiratory syncytial virus; resurgence; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.

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Respiratory syncytial virus infections in children, by year and epidemiological week, Tokyo, Japan, January 2017–July 2021 (as of epidemiological week 28, 2021).
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