Changes in Exanthema Subitum Incidence and Patient Age Distribution During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan. Issue 3 (March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tachikawa, Jun; Aizawa, Yuta; Ikuse, Tatsuki; Kon, Miyako; Saitoh, Akihiko
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 41:Issue 3(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-03
• Subjects: incidence -- exanthema subitum -- COVID-19 -- Japan -- children; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003430
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : Incidences of community-acquired infectious diseases other than COVID-19 decreased during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic; however, exanthema subitum incidence before (2016–2019) and during the pandemic (2020) in Niigata, Japan, did not substantially differ, although the proportion of age less than 1-year-old was lower in 2020. These findings suggest that exanthema subitum is transmitted mainly among family members, not in the community.