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. 2023 Jul 1;177(7):730-732.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1088.

Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Suchitra Rao  1 , Isaac Armistead  2 , Kevin Messacar  1 , Nisha B Alden  2 , Emma Schmoll  2 , Elizabeth Austin  2 , Samuel R Dominguez  1
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Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Suchitra Rao et al. JAMA Pediatr. .
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Plain language summary

This cohort study examined changes in RSV age distribution and disease severity in Colorado children after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Rao reported receiving consulting fees from Sequiris outside the submitted work. Dr Armistead reported receiving grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the conduct of the study. Dr Alden reported receiving grants from the CDC Emerging Infections Cooperative Agreement during the conduct of the study and outside the submitted work. Dr Dominguez reported receiving grants from Biofire Diagnostics and Pfizer and personal fees from Biofire Diagnostics and Karius outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Ages of Children Hospitalized Due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
Only one pediatric RSV-associated hospitalization occurred in 2020-2021; therefore, this period is excluded. The horizontal bar inside the boxes indicates the median and the lower and upper ends of the boxes are the IQRs. The whiskers represent minimum and maximum values. Outliers are omitted. Age distributions among the 4 periods differed significantly according to Kruskal-Wallis testing (P < .001). Hospitalizations included both observations and inpatient admissions.
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