RSV Epidemiology in Australia Before and During COVID-19

Gemma L Saravanos; Nan Hu; Nusrat Homaira; David J Muscatello; Adam Jaffe; Adam W Bartlett; Nicholas J Wood; William Rawlinson; Alison Kesson; Raghu Lingam; Philip N Britton

doi:10.1542/peds.2021-053537

RSV Epidemiology in Australia Before and During COVID-19

Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 1;149(2):e2021053537. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053537.

Authors

Gemma L Saravanos^{1

2}, Nan Hu³, Nusrat Homaira^{3

4}, David J Muscatello³, Adam Jaffe^{3

4}, Adam W Bartlett^{3

4}, Nicholas J Wood^{1

2

5}, William Rawlinson⁴, Alison Kesson^{1

5}, Raghu Lingam³, Philip N Britton^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
² National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, Australia.
³ University of New South Wales Sydney, Randwick, Australia.
⁴ Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia.
⁵ The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia.

PMID: 35083489
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-053537

Abstract

COVID-19 public health measures altered respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemiology. We examined age-stratified trends in RSV-related disease in Australian children in 2020 compared with previous years.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Distribution
Australia / epidemiology
Bronchiolitis, Viral / epidemiology
Bronchitis / epidemiology
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Datasets as Topic
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology*
Seasons

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding