Article ; Online: Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Deaths among Children under Five before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh.
2024 Volume 16, Issue 1
Abstract: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute lower respiratory infections in young children worldwide. RSV-associated deaths in children are underreported in Bangladesh. We analyzed hospital-based surveillance data on severe acute ... ...
Abstract | Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute lower respiratory infections in young children worldwide. RSV-associated deaths in children are underreported in Bangladesh. We analyzed hospital-based surveillance data on severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs) in under-five children before (August 2009-February 2020) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020-March 2022). Using the World Health Organization definition, we identified SARI cases in 14 tertiary-level hospitals. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were collected for real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) testing of six respiratory viruses, including RSV. SARI deaths during the pandemic (2.6%, 66) were higher than pre-pandemic (1.8%, 159; |
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MeSH term(s) | Child ; Infant ; Humans ; Child, Preschool ; Pandemics ; Bangladesh/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human/genetics ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; Tertiary Care Centers |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-01-12 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2516098-9 |
ISSN | 1999-4915 ; 1999-4915 |
ISSN (online) | 1999-4915 |
ISSN | 1999-4915 |
DOI | 10.3390/v16010111 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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