Delayed Bronchiolitis Epidemic in French Primary Care Setting Driven by Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Preliminary Data from the Oursyn Study, March 2021
Alexis Rybak, Corinne Levy, Camille Jung, Stéphane Béchet, Christophe Batard, Frédéric Hassid, Morched Zouari, Fabienne Cahn-Sellem, Mathieu Bangert, Robert Cohen
Abstract
We report early results from a prospective primary care bronchiolitis surveillance study in France in which a 10-week delayed epidemic was detected from February to March 2021. Among 225 children under 2 years with swab testing for a first bronchiolitis episode, 55% had a positive test for RSV, 0 for influenza, and 1 for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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MedicineBronchiolitisPrimary careAcute BronchiolitisPediatricsRespiratory systemIntensive care medicinePneumoniaEmergency medicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Respiratory illnessEpidemiologyRespiratory diseaseProspective cohort studyCoronavirusRespiratory tract infections2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMEDLINEPrimary health careTest (biology)BronchitisIncidence (geometry)Young adultRespiratory infectionPneumovirusRespiratory viral infections researchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research