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. 2024 Apr 1;43(4):390-392.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004207. Epub 2024 Jan 15.

Trends in Otitis Media Ambulatory Visits in American Indian and Alaska Native Children During the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Period and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sara S Bressler  1 , Dana Bruden  1 , Laura L Hammitt  2 , Uzo Chukwuma  3 , Marc Fischer  1 , Rosalyn Singleton  1   4
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Trends in Otitis Media Ambulatory Visits in American Indian and Alaska Native Children During the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Period and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sara S Bressler et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .

Abstract

Otitis media-associated outpatient visits among American Indians/Alaska Natives children <5 years old decreased by 52% (100 to 48 per 100 children per year) from 2003 to 2019. Otitis media visits decreased by another 50% from 2019 to 2020, but rebounded between 2020 and 2021 back to a rate similar to 2019.

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Conflict of interest statement

L.L.H reports research grants to her institution from AstraZeneca, Merck and Pfizer. R.S. reports research grant to her institution from Merck. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Rate of otitis media-associated outpatient visits among American Indian/Alaska Native children <5 years old by age group, 2003–2021. The trend line with black circles represents trend of otitis media among <5 year olds, the trend line with dark gray diamonds represents trend of otitis media among <1 year olds and the trend line with light gray squares represents trend of otitis media among 1–4 year olds.
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