Changes in Epidemics of Respiratory Viral Infections Resulted From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Shanghai.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the changing patterns of respiratory viral infections within the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The etiological surveillance data of eight respiratory viral pathogens among patients with ARIs in Shanghai between 2013 and 2023 were analyzed to evaluate the dynamic patterns of respiratory viral infections in Shanghai compared to global other regions during pre-pandemic (period 1), pandemic (period 2), and post-pandemic (period 3) periods of COVID-19. In Shanghai and various other global regions, there was a delay of 2‒4 months in the peak positive rate of IFV and a reverse seasonality for RSV, HMPV, and HBoV was observed following the relaxation of NPIs. The proportion of patients infected with any of these eight viruses experiencing fever or high fever notably increased. Durin

SUBMITTER: Ye C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11600481 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature