Immunity to <i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0 to 4 Years After COVID-19 Restrictions

In this cross-sectional study, there was a significant reduction in serum antibodies to S pyogenes and RSV in children aged 3 to 4 years after introduction of NPIs. Equivalent to approximately a 1-year delay in acquisition of immunity, these data suggest a putative biological basis for the 2022 to 2023 upsurge in severe S pyogenes infections in this age group.

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JAMA Network Open
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2025-10-15
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https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37808
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4
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Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
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Immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0 to 4 Years After COVID-19 Restrictions

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Immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0 to 4 Years After COVID-19 Restrictions

Μαρία Τσολιά, Mojca Kolnik, Rebecca Guy, Nina A. Schweintzger, Shiranee Sriskandan, Paul Wellman, Taco W. Kuijpers, Shunmay Yeung, Philipp Agyeman, Marine Mommert, Romain Basmaci, Prita Rughani, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Amutha Anpananthar, Myrsini Kaforou, Ching‐Fen Shen, Marieke Emonts, Andrew Taylor, Tom Parks, Tisham De, Effua Usuf, Dace Zavadska, Colin G. Fink, Stéphane Paulus, Henriëtte A. Moll, Mark Peters, Maggie Nyirenda-Nyang’wa, Lorenza Romani, Leire Estramiana Elorrieta, Victoria Wright, Marko Pokorn, Samuel J. Nichols, Samuel Channon‐Wells, Federico Martinón‐Torres, Katy Fidler, Clementien Vermont, Marien Isaäk de Jonge, Michael J. Carter, Catherine H. Davis, Kristin K. Huse, Ulrich von Both, Irene Rivero‐Calle, Jethro Herberg, DR Owens, Enitan D. Carrol, Aubrey J. Cunnington, Theresa Lamagni, Amelia M. Lias, Shea Hamilton, Diego Estrada‐Rivadeneyra, Samira Neshat, Artur Sulik, Michael Levin, Michiel van der Flier, Nazima Pathan, Andrew J Pollard, Pablo Rojo, Séan O’Riordan, Kitt Dokal
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Abstract

In this cross-sectional study, there was a significant reduction in serum antibodies to S pyogenes and RSV in children aged 3 to 4 years after introduction of NPIs. Equivalent to approximately a 1-year delay in acquisition of immunity, these data suggest a putative biological basis for the 2022 to 2023 upsurge in severe S pyogenes infections in this age group.

JAMA Network OpenVol. 8(10)
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (GB), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR), University of Bern (CH), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES), Institut Mérieux (France) (FR), Centre for Human Genetics (GB), Radboud University Nijmegen (NL), Medical University of Białystok (PL), University of Liverpool (GB), University of Ljubljana (SI), Inserm (FR), University of Sussex (GB), The University of Queensland (AU), Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES), Medical University of Graz (AT), University of Zurich (CH), Université Paris Cité (FR), Barts Health NHS Trust (GB), Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GB), University Hospital of Bern (CH), Ljubljana University Medical Centre (SI), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES), Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL), Radboud University Medical Center (NL), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital (GB), University Medical Center Utrecht (NL), Sanquin (NL), Public Health England (GB), University of Oxford (GB), Hôpital Louis-Mourier (FR), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (ES), Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (ES), Hospices Civils de Lyon (FR), Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES), Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (NL), Diamond Materials (United States) (US), Hôpital Lyon Sud (FR), German Center for Infection Research (DE), Children's Clinical University Hospital (LV), MRC Unit the Gambia (GM), NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (GB), Faculty of Public Health (GB), St Mary's Hospital (GB), Madrid Health Service (ES), Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (IT), Hôpital Edouard Herriot (FR), Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital (GB), Riga Stradiņš University (LV), University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH), NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (GB), Great North Children's Hospital (GB), Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital (NL), Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB), Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom) (GB), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (ES), Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT), Addenbrooke's Hospital (GB), Alder Hey Children's Hospital (GB), National Cheng Kung University Hospital (TW), Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital (GR), Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (NL), Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (GB), Imperial College London (GB), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (GB), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE), Newcastle University (GB), University of Amsterdam (NL), University of Warwick Science Park (GB)
Wellcome Trust, UK Research and Innovation, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Imperial College London, European Commission, Fondation Leducq, Medical Research Council
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