Variations in respiratory pathogen carriage among a homeless population in a shelter for men in Marseille, France, March–July 2020: cross-sectional 1-day surveys

We aimed to compare respiratory pathogen carriage by PCR during three different time periods in 2020 in sheltered homeless people in Marseille, France. The overall prevalence of respiratory pathogen carriage in late March–early April (69.9%) was significantly higher than in late April (42.3%) and mi...

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Published in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2021-07, Vol.40 (7), p.1579-1582
Main Authors: Ly, Tran Duc Anh, Hoang, Van Thuan, Goumballa, Ndiaw, Louni, Meriem, Canard, Naomie, Dao, Thi Loi, Medkour, Hacene, Borg, Audrey, Bardy, Kevin, Esteves-Vieira, Véra, Filosa, Véronique, Davoust, Bernard, Mediannikov, Oleg, Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Raoult, Didier, Gautret, Philippe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteria
Bacteria - classification
Bacteria - isolation & purification
Bacteriology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brief Report
Cardiology and cardiovascular system
Carrier State - diagnosis
Carrier State - epidemiology
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 - transmission
Emerging diseases
France - epidemiology
Homeless people
Homeless Persons - statistics & numerical data
Homelessness
Human health and pathology
Humans
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Life Sciences
Male
Medical Microbiology
Microbiology and Parasitology
Middle Aged
Parasitology
Pathogens
Prevalence
Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification
Seasonal variations
Seasons
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Virology
Viruses - classification
Viruses - isolation & purification
Young Adult
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Summary:We aimed to compare respiratory pathogen carriage by PCR during three different time periods in 2020 in sheltered homeless people in Marseille, France. The overall prevalence of respiratory pathogen carriage in late March–early April (69.9%) was significantly higher than in late April (42.3%) and mid-July (45.1%). Bacterial carriage significantly decreased between late March–early April and late April. SARS-CoV-2 was detected only in late March–early April samples (20.6%). Measures aiming at mitigating SARS-CoV-2 transmission were effective and also impacted bacterial carriage. Seasonal variations of bacterial carriage between winter and summer in this population were not marked.
ISSN:0934-9723
1435-4373
DOI:10.1007/s10096-020-04127-9