Changes in Exanthema Subitum Incidence and Patient Age Distribution During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Mar 1;41(3):e90-e92. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003430.

Abstract

Incidences of community-acquired infectious diseases other than COVID-19 decreased during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic; however, exanthema subitum incidence before (2016-2019) and during the pandemic (2020) in Niigata, Japan, did not substantially differ, although the proportion of age less than 1-year-old was lower in 2020. These findings suggest that exanthema subitum is transmitted mainly among family members, not in the community.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Exanthema Subitum / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Sentinel Surveillance