Defining the seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus around the world: National and subnational surveillance data from 12 countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/75010330:_____/21:00013601

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12885" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12885</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12885" target="_blank" >10.1111/irv.12885</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Defining the seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus around the world: National and subnational surveillance data from 12 countries

Original language description

BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are one of the leading causes of lower respiratory tract infections and have a major burden on society. For prevention and control to be deployed effectively, an improved understanding of the seasonality of RSV is necessary. OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this study was to contribute to a better understanding of RSV seasonality by examining the GERi multi-country surveillance dataset. METHODS: RSV seasons were included in the analysis if they contained GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO100 cases. Seasonality was determined using the &quot;average annual percentage&quot; method. Analyses were performed at a subnational level for the United States and Brazil. RESULTS: We included 601 425 RSV cases from 12 countries. Most temperate countries experienced RSV epidemics in the winter, with a median duration of 10-21 weeks. Not all epidemics fit this pattern in a consistent manner, with some occurring later or in an irregular manner. More variation in timing was observed in (sub)tropical countries, and we found substantial differences in seasonality at a subnational level. No association was found between the timing of the epidemic and the dominant RSV subtype. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that geographical location or climatic characteristics cannot be used as a definitive predictor for the timing of RSV epidemics and highlight the need for (sub)national data collection and analysis.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30303 - Infectious Diseases

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

ISSN

1750-2640

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

732-741

UT code for WoS article

000672918200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85109879548