Low incidence of human coronavirus among hospitalized children in Novosibirsk city, Russia during pre-pandemic period (2013-2020)

O G Kurskaya; E A Prokopyeva; A V Anoshina; N V Leonova; O A Simkina; T V Komissarova; I A Sobolev; T A Murashkina; E A Kazachkova; A Yu Alekseev; M G Strakhovskaya; A M Shestopalov; K A Sharshov

doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2021.07.013

Low incidence of human coronavirus among hospitalized children in Novosibirsk city, Russia during pre-pandemic period (2013-2020)

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2022 Apr;55(2):336-340. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2021.07.013. Epub 2021 Sep 11.

Authors

O G Kurskaya¹, E A Prokopyeva², A V Anoshina³, N V Leonova⁴, O A Simkina⁵, T V Komissarova⁶, I A Sobolev⁷, T A Murashkina⁸, E A Kazachkova⁹, A Yu Alekseev¹⁰, M G Strakhovskaya¹¹, A M Shestopalov¹², K A Sharshov¹³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia; Medical Department, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Novosibirsk Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital N(o)6, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Novosibirsk Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital N(o)6, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Department of Respiratory Infections, Novosibirsk Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital N(o)3, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Department of Respiratory Infections, Novosibirsk Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital N(o)3, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁸ Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁹ Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁰ Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹¹ Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹² Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹³ Department of Experimental Modeling and Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

We investigated the incidence of 15 respiratory viruses among 2991 children with acute respiratory infections in Novosibirsk city, Russia, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (2013-2020). Viral infections were detected in 72.5% cases. The incidence of human coronavirus was 2% (Alphacoronaviruses, 63%; Betacoronaviruses, 37%).

Keywords: Acute respiratory infections; Children; Hospitalization rates; Human coronaviruses; Respiratory viruses.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Child
Child, Hospitalized
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Pandemics
Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2