COVID-19疫情对儿童呼吸道感染病原流行病学影响

doi:10.12372/jcp.2025.24e1156

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After the outbreak of COVID-19, the epidemiology of different pathogens causing childhood respiratory infections in different geographical regions around the world has changed, and the similar changes have occurred in China. These changes have greatly increased the difficulties in preventing and treating pediatric respiratory infections in clinical practice. Therefore, this paper aims to summarize the epidemiological changes of different pathogens in children with respiratory tract infection after the epidemic, in order to provide some ideas for the precise prevention and treatment of the disease.

Key words: COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions, respiratory tract infection, child

HAO Chuangli, JIANG Wujun. Influence of COVID-19 epidemic on the epidemiology of pathogens causing respiratory tract infections in children[J].Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, 2025, 43(3): 163-167.

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