Clin Infect Dis . Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Impact Caused by School Closure and National Lockdown on Pediatric Visits and Admissions for Viral and Nonviral Infections-a Time Series Analysis

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Clin Infect Dis


. 2021 Jan 27;72(2):319-322.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa710.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Impact Caused by School Closure and National Lockdown on Pediatric Visits and Admissions for Viral and Nonviral Infections-a Time Series Analysis


Fran?ois Angoulvant ^{1 2} , Na?m Ouldali ^{3 4 5} , David Dawei Yang ^{1 2} , Mathilde Filser ⁶ , Vincent Gajdos ^{7 8} , Alexis Rybak ⁹ , Romain Guedj ^{10 11} , Val?rie Soussan-Banini ¹² , Romain Basmaci ^{13 14} , Alain Lefevre-Utile ^{15 16} , Dominique Brun-Ney ^{17 18} , Laure Beaujouan ^{17 18} , David Skurnik ^{6 19 20}



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• PMID: 33501967
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa710

Abstract

A time series analysis of 871 543 pediatric emergency visits revealed that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown and school closures were associated with a significant decrease in infectious diseases disseminated through airborne or fecal-oral transmission: common cold, gastroenteritis, bronchiolitis, and acute otitis. No change was found for urinary tract infections.

Keywords: COVID-19; emergency; epidemic; lockdown; pediatric.