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. (3rd June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Angoulvant, François; Ouldali, Naïm; Yang, David Dawei; Filser, Mathilde; Gajdos, Vincent; Rybak, Alexis; Guedj, Romain; Soussan-Banini, Valérie; Basmaci, Romain; Lefevre-Utile, Alain; Brun-Ney, Dominique; Beaujouan, Laure; Skurnik, David
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 72:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 319
• Page End: 322
• Publication Date: 2020-06-03
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- lockdown -- epidemic -- pediatric -- emergency; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa710
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

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.