Observational studyInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2022
Clinical characteristics and population-based attack rates of respiratory syncytial virus versus influenza hospitalizations among adults-An observational study.
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- Estimating the respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalisation burden in older adults in European countries: a systematic analysis.BMC medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Incidence of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza: A Danish nationwide cohort study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
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- Country-Level RSV-Related Hospitalisation Rates Among Adults in High-Income Countries From an Ensemble Model Based on Direct Viral Testing Incidence Data.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2026Article
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in older adults: from infection to outcomes - who gets sick, who gets hospitalized, who survives?BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Clinical and human burden of respiratory syncytial virus in older adults: a narrative review with emphasis on Italian data.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Review
- Hospitalization Burden Estimates of Respiratory Syncytial Virus With Adjustment for Case Underascertainment in Adults Aged 18 to 65 Years in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Modeling Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Estimated Incidence of All-Cause Respiratory Hospitalizations and Deaths Attributable to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Adults in Finland between 2011 and 2019: A Retrospective Database Study.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in adults: Current trends and recommendations for prevention - a global challenge from a local perspective.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Review
- Risk of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus versus influenza among adult patients in acute care hospitals.Infection prevention in practice · 2025Article
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Recipients of Bone Marrow Transplants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Infectious disease reports · 2024Review
- Heterogeneity of influenza infection at precise scale in Yinchuan, Northwest China, 2012-2022: evidence from Joinpoint regression and spatiotemporal analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Tomographic Findings (2000-2022).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Adjusting for Case Under-Ascertainment in Estimating RSV Hospitalisation Burden of Older Adults in High-Income Countries: a Systematic Review and Modelling Study.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2023Article
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention through Monoclonal Antibodies: A Cross-Sectional Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Italian Pediatricians.Pediatric reports · 2023Article
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- RSV disease in infants and young children: Can we see a brighter future?Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of General Practitioners from North-Eastern Italy (2021).Pediatric reports · 2022Article
- Clinical characteristics and population-based attack rates of respiratory syncytial virus versus influenza hospitalizations among adults-An observational study.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2022Observational
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Abstract
backgroundThe clinical significance of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among adults remains underinvestigated. We compared the characteristics and population-based attack rates of RSV and influenza hospitalizations.
methodsDuring 2018-2020, we recruited hospitalized adults with respiratory infection to our prospective substudy at a tertiary care hospital in Finland and compared the characteristics of RSV and influenza patients. In our retrospective substudy, we calculated the attack rates of all RSV and influenza hospitalizations among adults in the same geographic area during 2016-2020.
resultsOf the 537 prospective substudy patients, 31 (6%) had RSV, and 106 (20%) had influenza. Duration of hospitalization, need for intensive care or outcome did not differ significantly between RSV and influenza patients. RSV was more often missed or its diagnosis omitted from medical record (13% vs 1% p = 0.016 and 48% vs 15%, p > 0.001). In the retrospective substudy, the mean attack rates of RSV, influenza A, and influenza B hospitalizations rose with age from 4.1 (range by season 1.9-5.9), 15.4 (12.3-23.3), and 4.7 (0.5-16.2) per 100,000 persons among 18- to 64-year-olds to 58.3 (19.3-117.6), 204.1 (31.0-345.0), and 60.4 (0.0-231.0) per 100,000 persons among 65+-year-olds and varied considerably between seasons. DISCUSSION: While the attack rates of influenza hospitalizations were higher compared with RSV, RSV and influenza hospitalizations were similar in severity. Missing or underreporting of RSV infections may lead to underestimating its disease burden. Both RSV and influenza caused a substantial amount of hospitalizations among the elderly, stressing the need for more effective interventions.
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