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. 2023 Feb 14;11(1):e0491122.
doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04911-22. Epub 2023 Jan 23.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Epidemiological Features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Henan, China

Lifeng Li  1 , Pengbo Guo  1 , Jiayue Ma  1 , Huiqing Sun  2 , Shiyue Mei  1
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Epidemiological Features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Henan, China

Lifeng Li et al. Microbiol Spectr. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; community-acquired pneumonia; epidemiological features.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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FIG 1
FIG 1
Number of cases (A) and positivity rates (B) of M. pneumoniae infection in children with CAP from 2018 to 2021.
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FIG 2
Number of positive cases (A) and positivity rates (B) of M. pneumoniae infection in children with CAP per month from 2018 to 2021.
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