Journal article
Examining the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on community virus prevalence and healthcare utilisation reveals that peaks in asthma, COPD and respiratory tract infection occur with the re-emergence of rhino/enterovirus
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Airway disease exacerbations are cyclical related to respiratory virus prevalence. The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with reduced exacerbations possibly related to public health measures and their impact on non-COVID-19 respiratory viruses. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of non-COVID-19 respiratory viruses during the pandemic compared with prior in Ontario, Canada and healthcare utilisation related to asthma, …
Authors
Ho T; Shahzad A; Jones A; Raghavan N; Loeb M; Johnston N
Journal
Thorax, Vol. 78, No. 12, pp. 1248–1253
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
December 2023
DOI
10.1136/thorax-2022-219957
ISSN
0040-6376