Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in children and adults self-confined at home during a COVID-19 national lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite growing evidence of reduced invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal disease attributed to public health measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, the effect of these measures on pneumococcal carriage remains unclear. This study aimed to assess pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage among children and adults self-confined at home during the COVID-19 national lockdown in Spain while identifying predictors of pneumococcal carriage in children.

Methods

Household study conducted across the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain) between April-June 2020. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected from young children and adults for real-time PCR pneumococcal lytA and wgz gene detection, quantification, and serotyping, as well as for detection of respiratory viruses.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Brotons P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620455 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature