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SynthesisJournal of global health2019

Respiratory syncytial virus in the Western Pacific Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Krisna N A Pangesti, Moataz Abd El Ghany, Alison M Kesson, Grant A Hill-Cawthorne

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Synthesis in Journal of global health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Krisna N A PangestiSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia.
Moataz Abd El GhanyThe Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Alison M KessonMarie Bashir Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Grant A Hill-CawthorneSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia.
University of Sydney · AUChildren's Hospital at Westmead · AUWestmead Institute for Medical Research · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of viral pneumonia and bronchiolitis, especially in younger children. The burden of RSV infection in adults, particularly in the older age group, is increasingly recognised. However, RSV disease burden and molecular epidemiology in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region (WPR) has not been reviewed systematically. The aim of this systematic review is to investigate the epidemiological aspects of RSV (incidence, prevalence, seasonality and hospitalisation status) and the associated molecular data in the WPRO countries.

methodsA systematic search was conducted in international literature databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus and Web of Science) to identify RSV-related publications from January 2000 to October 2017 in the WPR countries.

resultsA total of 196 studies from 15 WPR countries were included. The positivity rate for RSV among respiratory tract infection patients was 16.73% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 15.12%-18.4%). The RSV-positive cases were mostly found in hospitalised compared with outpatients (18.28% vs 11.54%,

conclusionsThe available data on RSV are limited in several countries within the WPR, with most data focusing on children and hospitalised patients. Further studies and surveillance, incorporating laboratory testing, are needed to determine the burden of RSV infection in the WPR countries.

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HospitalizationHumansIncidencePacific IslandsPrevalenceRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsSeasons

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PMID31893034
PMCPMC6925967
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