Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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Department of Pediatrics, King Hamad American Mission Hospital, Bahrain

Publications

• Research Article   
  Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Non-COVID-19 Respiratory Viral Infections in Children, and Lessons for Future
  Author(s): Alaa Abuzaid*, Jemila James, Nayla Alfaw and Alan Finan
  
  Objective: To assess the impact of precautionary measures taken to curb the transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on hospitalization rates in children due to other (non-COVID-19) respiratory viral infections. Study design and setting: A retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary care centre, Bahrain which included children up to 14 years old who were hospitalised with symptoms suggesting respiratory viral infections and had respiratory viral panel PCR tested during their admission. The study cohort was extracted from three winter seasons in Bahrain (pre-pandemic, peri-pandemic and post-pandemic). The occurrence of positive viral panel PCR for non- COVID-19 respiratory viral infections during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic and post pandemic was analysed .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2161-0665.24.14.549

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