Tridemia did not reach Vladivostok

The incidence of SARS in Primorye exceeded the epidemiological threshold by 300%. This season, residents of Primorsky Krai are sick with influenza, parainfluenza, adenovirus, bocavirus, metapneumovirus, rhinovirus infection, as well as respiratory syncytial (RS) infection, which is especially difficult for children to endure. The incidence of covid is on the rise: according to the territorial department of Rospotrebnadzor, 328 cases of CORONAVIRUS infection were already registered in the region last week, and 58 people fell ill with covid-19 over the past day.

The situation with a sharp increase in the incidence is also noted in other regions of the country, and a new term has appeared in the medical community: tridemia. it refers to the combination of three respiratory viruses (influenza, MS and COVID-19) that pose the greatest threat to humans.

“Some medical experts have started talking about a term like ‘Tripledemic’ tridemia, referring to the simultaneous infection or increase in cases of COVID-19, influenza, MS. But this term has no scientific definition either in RUSSIA or abroad. These viruses are still present, but each of them does not peak at the same time, ”Irina Ryakhovskaya, an epidemiologist at Vladivostok Polyclinic No. 1, the largest in the city, told RBC-Primorye.

According to her, the combination of different viruses does occur in some patients, but there is no reason to talk about tridemia.

“We select material from patients for diagnostics every week. And I can say with confidence that we can meet patients who really have two viruses at the same time. In our polyclinic, this is less than 1% of all patients examined, which means that it is not possible to talk about tridemia,” said Irina Ryakhovskaya.

The rise in cases usually lasts from November to April, the epidemiologist added.