{"id":7407,"date":"2024-05-15T13:01:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/?p=7407"},"modified":"2024-06-12T07:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T05:30:57","slug":"sars-cov-2-causes-an-additional-burden-of-acute-respiratory-illnesses-in-the-season-2022-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/en\/2024\/05\/15\/sars-cov-2-causes-an-additional-burden-of-acute-respiratory-illnesses-in-the-season-2022-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS-CoV-2 causes an additional burden of acute respiratory illnesses in the season 2022\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7407\" class=\"elementor elementor-7407\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-220b9c9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"220b9c9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32017af4\" data-id=\"32017af4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39f96c50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39f96c50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Last spring 2023, as part of our survey on acute respiratory diseases, we asked participants about the cold season in autumn\/winter 2022\/2023.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>37,708 DigiHero participants<\/strong> reported a total of <strong>54,813 acute respiratory illnesses.<\/strong><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">For 79% of these diseases, we were also provided with the results of a SARS-CoV-2 test.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">This allowed us to identify 9,358 infections as COVID-19 diseases.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">This means that 25% of DigiHero participants were infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the winter of 2022\/2023.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Figure A shows the monthly new infections we calculated for acute respiratory diseases with and without a positive test for SARS-CoV-2.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">An analysis by age group showed that young DigiHero participants in particular became infected with acute respiratory diseases (see Figure B).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-498ef201 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"498ef201\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-635daf4f\" data-id=\"635daf4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6211d98e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6211d98e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-2024-5-7_13-28-45.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzM5NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3dlYnN6aC51ay1oYWxsZS5kZVwvZGlnaWhlcm9cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA1XC9pbWFnZS0yMDI0LTUtN18xMy0yOC00NS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-2024-5-7_13-28-45.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7394\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-2024-5-7_13-28-45.png 853w, https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-2024-5-7_13-28-45-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-2024-5-7_13-28-45-768x518.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d479305 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d479305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Figure A and B:<\/strong> Number of new infections of acute respiratory diseases with and without a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the season 2022\/2023, A) per month, B) per age group. (translated version, original <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijid.2024.107057\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijid.2024.107057<\/a>, Creative Commons Licence <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d9cc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34d9cc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div>The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be over in May 2023, but SARS-CoV-2 gradually developed into a seasonal pathogen, similar to the flu. Our data shows that SARS-CoV-2 caused 21% additional acute respiratory illnesses. Extrapolated to the adult population of Germany, this would mean at least 17 million additional infections during the cold season. An analysis of infection data from the Robert Koch Institute&#8217;s GrippeWeb portal provided similar results. For autumn\/winter 2022\/2023, there was an increase in acute respiratory diseases of almost 20 million compared to cold seasons in years before the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Our data was published in an English-language scientific journal and can be viewed using the following link:<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3932ad81 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3932ad81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1201971224001280?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-external-link-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M432,320H400a16,16,0,0,0-16,16V448H64V128H208a16,16,0,0,0,16-16V80a16,16,0,0,0-16-16H48A48,48,0,0,0,0,112V464a48,48,0,0,0,48,48H400a48,48,0,0,0,48-48V336A16,16,0,0,0,432,320ZM488,0h-128c-21.37,0-32.05,25.91-17,41l35.73,35.73L135,320.37a24,24,0,0,0,0,34L157.67,377a24,24,0,0,0,34,0L435.28,133.32,471,169c15,15,41,4.5,41-17V24A24,24,0,0,0,488,0Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Int J Inf Dis 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last spring 2023, as part of our survey on acute respiratory diseases, we asked participants about the cold season in autumn\/winter 2022\/2023. 37,708 DigiHero participants reported a total of 54,813 acute respiratory illnesses. For 79% of these diseases, we were also provided with the results of a SARS-CoV-2 test. This allowed us to identify 9,358 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-results"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7407"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7444,"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions\/7444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webszh.uk-halle.de\/digihero\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}