1. Impact of COVID-19 on the epidemiology of respiratory viruses in southern Brazil
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Fernanda Pereira da Silva Carpeggiani, Thiago Menezes Cézar, Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini, Felipe Grillo Pinheiro, Letícia Garay Martins, and Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga
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severe acute respiratory syndrome ,epidemiological monitoring ,coronavirus infections ,Medicine ,Internal medicine ,RC31-1245 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Background and objectives: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, reduction in detection of other Respiratory Viruses (RV) was observed. Epidemiological studies are needed to understand the impact of the pandemic on the circulation of RV. The aim of this study is to analyze the epidemiological profile of cases of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) associated with the main RV in hospitalized patients from RS, between 2010 and 2019 (period A) and between 2020 and 2021 (period B). Methods: Data related to SARI cases in RS were retrieved from SIVEP-Gripe. Results: In period A there were more infections with Influenza, Parainfluenza, Adenovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, while in period B most cases were of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The most affected age groups were individuals 60 years old (50%) in period B. The main symptoms were fever and cough in period A, and dyspnea and O2saturation
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- 2024
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