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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2022
Unusual 2020 RSV bronchiolitis season in Western Australia: Not explained by weather.
- Tobias Hoeppner, Christopher C Blyth, and Meredith Borland.
- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
- Emerg Med Australas. 2022 Aug 1; 34 (4): 636-638.
ObjectiveTo describe and explore the relationship between weather and the unusual 2020 bronchiolitis season in Western Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsCorrelation of meteorological data and presentations of infants with bronchiolitis through the ED of Perth Children's Hospital.ResultsThe 2020 bronchiolitis epidemic showed a reversal of the usual seasonal pattern. There were no weather events to account for this phenomenon.ConclusionsThe bronchiolitis outbreak showed no relationship to local weather patterns. State-mandated COVID-19 public health measures appear as the likely rationale.© 2022 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
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