Delayed Bronchiolitis Epidemic in French Primary Care Setting Driven by Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Preliminary Data from the Oursyn Study, March 2021

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Dec 1;40(12):e511-e514. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003270.

Abstract

We report early results from a prospective primary care bronchiolitis surveillance study in France in which a 10-week delayed epidemic was detected from February to March 2021. Among 225 children under 2 years with swab testing for a first bronchiolitis episode, 55% had a positive test for RSV, 0 for influenza, and 1 for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04743609.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bronchiolitis / epidemiology*
  • Bronchiolitis / prevention & control
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Point-of-Care Testing
  • Primary Health Care
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / prevention & control
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses*
  • SARS-CoV-2*

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04743609