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Characteristics of the delayed respiratory syncytial virus epidemic, 2020/2021, Rhône Loire, France.
Euro Surveill
; 26(29)2021 07.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34296674
RESUMO
The Rhône-Loire metropolitan areas' 2020/21 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemic was delayed following the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI), compared with previous seasons. Very severe lower respiratory tract infection incidence among infants ≤ 3 months decreased twofold, the proportion of cases among children aged > 3 months to 5 years increased, and cases among adults > 65 years were markedly reduced. NPI appeared to reduce the RSV burden among at-risk groups, and should be promoted to minimise impact of future RSV outbreaks.