Danielle Rankin, M.P.H., of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues found that the circulation patterns of respiratory viruses in the pediatric population have been impacted by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. There has been an abrupt and persistent decline in rates of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu; however, the pandemic has not had the same impact on rhinovirus/enterovirus.
The authors calculated the percent of virus positivity between December 2016 and January 2021 to identify the circulation patterns of respiratory viruses using data from the New Vaccine Surveillance Network platform, a multicenter, prospective, active viral surveillance study (year-round enrollment). Nose/throat swabs were collected and tested following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols for multiple respiratory viruses, including rhinovirus/enterovirus, RSV, and flu. To further compare percent changes of rhinovirus/enterovirus across years, the authors evaluated the percent of virus positivity between March 2020 and January 2021 and compared this time-frame to that between March and January in the three prior years (2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019, and 2019 to 2020). The researchers observed decreased rhinovirus/enterovirus circulation in the spring of 2020, but by the fall of 2020, it was near prepandemic circulation patterns.
“The continued circulation of rhinovirus/enterovirus is unique, as other respiratory viruses during the study period were minimally detected,” Rankin said. “The clinical implications of our research are to understand how rhinovirus/enterovirus impacted children during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to prior years — and the fact that it is still circulating and causing illnesses in children that require medical care is important.”
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