Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children in Two Consecutive Postpandemic Years.

ABSTRACT: We assessed human metapneumovirus infections in children hospitalized between 2011 and 2023 and compared the strongest pre- and postpandemic seasons. After the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed offseason cases and loss of the alternating pattern of the human metapneumovirus season magnitude. Incidence rate ratio of 0- to 11-month-old versus 12- to 23-month-old children was 2.1 (95% CI: 1.0-4.8) before and 1.3 (95% CI: 0.6-2.9) after the pandemic.

SUBMITTER: Steinberg R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10919270 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature