RSV reemergence in Argentina since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The community mitigation measures taken because of the COVID-19 pandemic had side effects on the circulation of the most frequent respiratory viruses during 2020. In the case of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an important paediatric pathogen, a decrease in the number of cases and delayed outbreaks was previously described.

Aim and methods

The genetic characteristics of the RSV circulating strains in paediatric patients in Buenos Aires, Argentina before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were studied. RSV (+) samples taken from hospitalised patients with respiratory tract infections (2018- 2021) were analysed through G gene sequencing and evolutionary analyses.

Results

No RSV hospitalised paediatric patients were registered in Buenos Aires during 2020; h

SUBMITTER: Dolores A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8906024 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature