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Impact of COVID-19 social distancing measures on lung transplant recipients
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Strong reduction in respiratory viruses during social distancing was associated with stabilisation of lung function in lung transplant recipients, suggesting a possibly more important role for these infections in lung function decline than previously appreciated.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) social distancing measures led to a dramatic decline in non-COVID-19 respiratory virus infections, providing a unique opportunity to study their impact on annual forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) decline, episodes of temporary drop in lung function (TDLF) suggestive of infection and chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) in lung transplant recipients (LTRs).

Full article: de Zwart AES, Riezebos-Brilman A, Lunter GA, et al. Impact of COVID-19 social distancing measures on lung transplant recipients: decline in overall respiratory virus infections is associated with stabilisation of lung function. Eur Respir J 2022; in press (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00085-2022)