Age-Specific Resurgence in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Incidence in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era and Its Association With Respiratory Virus and Pneumococcal Carriage Dynamics: A Time-Series Analysis.

Rybak, Alexis; Assad, Zein; Levy, Corinne; Bonarcorsi, Stéphane; Béchet, Stéphane; Werner, Andreas; Wollner, Alain; Valtuille, Zaba et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2024

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Using multiple national surveillance systems, we found an increase in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease during after the relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19, which strongly varied by age. Age groups with higher incidence of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza also experienced higher increase in invasive pneumococcal disease incidence, with no change in pneumococcal carriage.

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