Exploring the infectious contribution to intussusception causality using the effects of COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia: An ecological study.
Benjamin TownleyDeniz AkinGerardo Luis DimaguilaRana SawiresGonzalo Sepulveda KattanSebastian K KingJulie E BinesNicholas WoodStephen B LambertJim P ButteryPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Our ecological study demonstrates significant decreases in the frequency of paediatric intussusception admissions during the COVID-19 lockdown periods. The unexpected magnitude of the reductions suggests that the true proportion of infectious disease-caused idiopathic intussusception is greatly underestimated.