Respiratory virus infections in symptomatic and asymptomatic children upon hospital admission: new insights.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe and compare the prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic or recently resolved respiratory infections in hospitalized children.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Three hospital primary-to-quaternary care pediatric healthcare system.

Patients

People less than 22 years old who underwent admission screening for respiratory viruses using a multitarget polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panel from August 2020 through April 2022.

Methods

The symptom status of each patient was recorded by the ordering provider. The prevalence of each virus was described comparing symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Results for each virus were stratified by age group and trends were examined over time.

Results

Of the 32,812 eligible PCR panels coll

SUBMITTER: Most ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474761 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature