Influenza viruses circulation in a tertiary care children hospital in Rome: a comparison between 2022 and the previous 5 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza surveillance aims to determine onset, duration and intensity of the seasonal Influence-like Illness (ILI); data collection begins in the week 42 of a year and ends in the week 17 of the following year. In this observational study, we report the experience of a tertiary care children hospital in Rome about Influenza viruses circulation during the calendar year 2022 (January-December) in comparison with the previous five years (2017-2021), with a special focus on the weeks 18-41, usually not under surveillance.

Methods

This retrospective study involved 36782 respiratory samples referred to 21354 patients (pts), median age 2.63 years, admitted with respiratory symptoms at Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in the years 2017-2022. Respiratory viruses were dete

SUBMITTER: Ranno S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10500714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature