Persistent elevation in incidence of pneumonia in children in England, 2023/24
Since November 2023, the absolute number of attendances at emergency departments for pneumonia among children aged 5-14 years in England have been above expected levels for the time of year. This increased signal peaked during March 2024 but then persisted into early summer 2024 despite decreases in prevalence of seasonal respiratory pathogens. Record linkage between emergency department and laboratory databases points to this unusual activity being driven largely by <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i>.
Authors
- Daisy Woolham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5888-9822)
- Alicia Demirjian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9395-533X)
- Helen E. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-2983)
- Alex J. Elliot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6414-3065)
- Conall H. Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2469-791X)
- Antoine Salzmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7877-9876)
- Russell Hope (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2838-6833)
- Mary Ramsay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7156-7640)
- Meera Chand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9697-0340)
- Christopher Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-0008)
- Colin Stewart Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4776-3403)
- Daniel Todkill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4325-4786)
- Theresa Lamagni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3965-8323)
- Richard Pebody (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9069-2885)
Institutions
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eurosurveillance
- Published
- 2024-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2024.29.32.2400485
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.53
Funders
- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- King's College London
- University of Liverpool
- College of Emergency Medicine
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine