Quantifying the RSV immunity debt following COVID-19: a public health matter.
Quantifying the RSV immunity debt following COVID-19: a public health matter.
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量化COVID-19后的RSV免疫债:公共卫生问题。
DOI:
10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00544-8
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发表时间:
2023-01
影响因子:
56.3
通讯作者:
Bont, Louis J.
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作者:
Billard, Marie-Noelle;Bont, Louis J.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infection in children younger than 5 years. In 2019, a meta-analysis estimated that RSV was associated with 33 million acute lower respiratory infection episodes and 3· 6 million hospitalisations for acute lower respiratory infection annually. 1 In England alone, an average of 33 561 annual RSV-associated hospitalisations were observed between 2007 and 2012. 2 Before the COVID-19 pandemic, RSV was highly seasonal in temperate countries like England. 3 RSV activity dropped shortly after the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (eg, physical distancing and school closures) in March, 2020. 4 Subsequently, multiple countries reported out-of-season RSV resurgences after a silent winter season. 5 As the drivers or RSV seasonality and the mechanisms by which RSV is re-seeded annually are not fully understood, 6, 7 estimating the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on RSV is an important tool for public health decision makers to plan surveillance activities and hospital preparedness.