Viruses, Vol. 16, Pages 533: Prevalence of Respiratory Viral Infections in Deceased Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic Season 2021 & ndash;2022: A Population-Based Observational Study

Viruses, Vol. 16, Pages 533: Prevalence of Respiratory Viral Infections in Deceased Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic Season 2021–2022: A Population-Based Observational Study Viruses doi: 10.3390/v16040533 Authors: Camino Trobajo-Sanmartín Ana Navascués Miguel Fernández-Huerta Iván Martínez-Baz Itziar Casado Carmen Ezpeleta Jesús Castilla Although the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 circulated intensely during the 2021–2022 season, many patients with severe acute respiratory disease tested negative for COVID-19. The aim of this study was to assess the presence of different respiratory viruses in deceased persons. The proportion of deceased persons with respiratory viral infections in the 2021–2022 season in Navarre, Spain, was estimated considering all deaths caused by confirmed COVID-19 according to the epidemiological surveillance and the results of multiplex PCR tests for respiratory viruses performed in a sample of deceased persons with a cause of death other than COVID-19. Of 3578 deaths, 324 (9.1%) were initially reported as caused by pre-mortem confirmed COVID-19. A sample of 242 persons who died by causes other than COVID-19 were tested post-mortem; 64 (26.4%) of them were positive for any respiratory virus: 11.2% for SARS-CoV-2, 5.8% for rhinovirus, 3.7% for human coronavirus, 2.5% for metapneumovirus, 1.7% for respiratory syncytial virus, 1.7% for parainfluenza, 1.2% for influenza, and less than 1% eac...
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