Invasive pneumococcal disease among children during the COVID-19 pandemic in England EIDjournal StGeorgesUni COVID19 coronavirus covid disease pandemic
By Shanet Susan AlexJul 14 2022Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent article posted to the Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers demonstrated heightened invasive pneumococcal disease incidence in children younger than 15 during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic in England.
About the study The present study examined IPD patterns from July to December 2021, following the removal of all SARS-CoV-2 control measures in England on 19 July 2021. Using national improved surveillance data for England, the researchers compared IPD instances from July through December 2021 to July through December 2020 and July through December in three pre-pandemic years, i.e., 2017 through 2019.
Case rates increased more quickly in younger age groups, where incidence was highest throughout this timeframe: 10.63 among infants under 1 year; 3.22 among children aged 1 to 4; 1.02 among children aged 5 to 9; and 0.44 among children aged 10 to 14. Incidence from July to December 2021 was lower than the pre-pandemic average from July to December 2017 to 2019 despite an increase in cases among those older than 15 years between February and December 2021.
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