TY - JOUR AU - Ciruela, Pilar AU - Soldevila, Núria AU - García-Garcia, Juan José AU - González-Peris, Sebastià AU - Díaz-Conradi, Alvaro AU - Redin, Alba AU - Viñado, Belén AU - Izquierdo, Conchita AU - Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen AU - Domínguez, Angela T1 - Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children, Catalonia, Spain T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 11 SP - 2321 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We analyzed the effect of COVID-19 on healthcare demand and invasive pneumococcal disease in children in Catalonia, Spain. Compared with 2018–2019, we noted large reductions in healthcare activities and incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in 2020. These changes likely resulted from nonpharmaceutical measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. KW - invasive pneumococcal disease KW - serotype KW - 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine KW - nonpharmaceutical measures KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - coronavirus disease KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - bacteria KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - Catalonia KW - Spain DO - 10.3201/eid2811.211741 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/11/21-1741_article ER - End of Reference