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ArticleScientific reports2021

Surveillance of respiratory syncytial virus infections in adults, Austria, 2017 to 2019.

Lorenz Schubert, Johanna Steininger, Felix Lötsch, Anna Nele Herdina, Monika Redlberger-Fritz, Selma Tobudic, Michael Kundi, Robert Strassl, Christoph Steininger

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Lorenz SchubertDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-10, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Johanna SteiningerDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-10, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Felix LötschDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-10, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Anna Nele HerdinaDivision of Clinical Virology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Monika Redlberger-FritzDepartment of Virology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Selma TobudicDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-10, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Michael KundiDepartment for Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Robert StrasslDivision of Clinical Virology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christoph SteiningerDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-10, 1090, Vienna, Austria. christoph.steininger@meduniwien.ac.at.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) testing is generally available in most care centres, but it is rarely performed because clinicians' seldom suspect RSV to be the underlying pathogen in adults with respiratory disease. Here, we evaluate the impact of broad combined influenza/RSV testing on the clinical practice. Overall, 103 patients were tested positively for RSV. Our study indicates that positively tested patients were mostly of advanced age and suffered from chronic diseases. Mortality was significant in our cohort and higher in patients with advanced age. Further, we report a significant increase in detected RSV cases but also in detection rate. Together, these findings suggest that implementation of a combined influenza/RSV testing led to a significant increase in detection rate, supported clinicians establishing the correct diagnosis and allowed a safe and controlled handling of RSV patients.

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Respiratory Syncytial VirusesAdultAgedAustriaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRetrospective Studies

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PMID33903713
PMCPMC8076173

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