Seasonality and geographical spread of respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in 15 European countries, 2010 to 2016.
Euro Surveill
; 23(5)2018 02.
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ABSTRACT
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is considered the most common pathogen causing severe lower respiratory tract infections among infants and young children. We describe the seasonality and geographical spread of RSV infection in 15 countries of the European Union and European Economic Area. We performed a retrospective descriptive study of weekly laboratory-confirmed RSV detections between weeks 40/2010 and 20/2016, in patients investigated for influenza-like illness, acute respiratory infection or following the clinician's judgment. Six countries reported 4,230 sentinel RSV laboratory diagnoses from primary care and 14 countries reported 156,188 non-sentinel laboratory diagnoses from primary care or hospitals. The median length of the RSV season based on sentinel and non-sentinel surveillance was 16 (range 9-24) and 18 (range 8-24) weeks, respectively. The median peak weeks for sentinel and non-sentinel detections were week 4 (range 48 to 11) and week 4.5 (range 49 to 17), respectively. RSV detections peaked later (r = 0.56; p = 0.0360) and seasons lasted longer with increasing latitude (r = 0.57; p = 0.0329). Our data demonstrated regular seasonality with moderate correlation between timing of the epidemic and increasing latitude of the country. This study supports the use of RSV diagnostics within influenza or other surveillance systems to monitor RSV seasonality and geographical spread.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estaciones del Año
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Virus Sincitial Respiratorio Humano
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Infecciones por Virus Sincitial Respiratorio
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Epidemias
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Geografía
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Euro Surveill
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia