Persistent elevation in incidence of pneumonia in children in England, 2023/24

Daniel Todkill; Theresa Lamagni; Richard Pebody; Mary Ramsay; Daisy Woolham; Alicia Demirjian; Antoine Salzmann; Meera Chand; Helen E. Hughes; Christopher Bennett; Russell Hope; Conall H. Watson; Colin S. Brown; Alex J. Elliot

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2400485

Persistent elevation in incidence of pneumonia in children in England, 2023/24

Daniel Todkill^*, Theresa Lamagni, Richard Pebody, Mary Ramsay, Daisy Woolham, Alicia Demirjian, Antoine Salzmann, Meera Chand, Helen E. Hughes, Christopher Bennett, Russell Hope, Conall H. Watson, Colin S. Brown, Alex J. Elliot

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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 Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Original language	English
Article number	pii=2400485
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	29
Issue number	32
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2400485
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2024

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Todkill, D., Lamagni, T., Pebody, R., Ramsay, M., Woolham, D., Demirjian, A., Salzmann, A., Chand, M., Hughes, H. E., Bennett, C., Hope, R., Watson, C. H., Brown, C. S., & Elliot, A. J. (2024). Persistent elevation in incidence of pneumonia in children in England, 2023/24. Eurosurveillance, 29(32), Article pii=2400485. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2400485

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