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In 2023, through an ongoing respiratory pathogen surveillance system, we observed from mid-September onwards, an increase of respiratory illness among children aged ≤ 15 years presenting at hospital outpatient clinics in Beijing, China. Data indicated that illness was caused by multiple pathogens, predominantly . Seasonality, periodicity and high prevalence of resistance to macrolide (30 of 30 strains sequenced with the A2063G mutation) were important characteristics of the epidemic, which resulted in a rise in consultations at specialised paediatric hospitals.

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Increase of respiratory illnesses among children in Beijing, China, during the autumn and winter of 2023
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Cheng+Gong&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gong Cheng</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Fang+Huang&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Huang Fang</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Luodan+Suo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Suo Luodan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Xuejiao+Guan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Guan Xuejiao</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lu+Kang&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kang Lu</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hui+Xie&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Xie Hui</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Geng+Hu&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hu Geng</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Peng+Yang&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Yang Peng</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Quanyi+Wang&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wang Quanyi</a></span>. Increase of respiratory illnesses among children in Beijing, China, during the autumn and winter of 2023. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2024;29(2):pii=2300704. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300704" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300704</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 12 Dec 2023;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 11 Jan 2024 </span> </p>
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