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Off-season resurgence of respiratory viruses poses a threat to vulnerable infants
Canada should anticipate a resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus as COVID-19 physical distancing measures are relaxed, authors warn in
CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have risen sharply in Australia and, more recently, the United States as COVID-19 case counts have waned and pandemic public health measures have been relaxed. Respiratory syncytial virus affects the lower respiratory tract and can cause serious illness and death. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, about 2.7 million children worldwide were infected with RSV each year, and it was the fourth most common cause of death in young children.
Resurgence of childhood viruses could strain ICUs, experts are warning RSV is the most common reason young children in the first year of life get admitted to hospital often with bronchiolitis, Samson said.
Author of the article: Elizabeth Payne
Publishing date: Jul 26, 2021 • 12 hours ago • 3 minute read • CHEO chief of staff Dr. Lindy Samson says most of the children who have attended the Brewer assessment centre for testing did not have COVID-19, but they did have viruses the kind that are common in children, but that almost disappeared during earlier stages of the pandemic. Photo by Rhonda McIntosh /CHEO
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Respiratory viruses in young children likely to resurge, warn researchers
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have risen sharply in Australia and, more recently, in the US as pandemic public health measures have been relaxed.
Toronto: As Covid-19 physical distancing measures are being relaxed in many countries, there can be a resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus, researchers have warned. Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have risen sharply in Australia and, more recently, in the US as pandemic public health measures have been relaxed.
RSV affects the lower respiratory tract and can cause serious illness and death. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, about 2.7 million children worldwide were infected with RSV each year, and it was the fourth most common cause of death in young children.
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Canada should anticipate a resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus as COVID-19 physical distancing measures are relaxed, authors warn in
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have risen sharply in Australia and, more recently, the United States as COVID-19 case counts have waned and pandemic public health measures have been relaxed. Respiratory syncytial virus affects the lower respiratory tract and can cause serious illness and death. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, about 2.7 million children worldwide were infected with RSV each year, and it was the fourth most common cause of death in young children. The off-season resurgence in seasonal respiratory viruses now potentially poses a threat to vulnerable infants, writes Dr. Pascal Lavoie, BC Children s Hospital Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, with coauthors.