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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations Associated With Social Vulnerability by Census Tract: An Opportunity for Intervention?
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- 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
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- Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Hospitalization Among Adults in Ontario, Canada, 2017-2019.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause hospitalization in young children and older adults. With vaccines and monoclonal antibody prophylaxis increasingly available, identifying social factors associated with severe illnesses can guide mitigation efforts. Methods: Using data collected by the RSV Hospitalization Surveillance Network from 2016 to 2023, we identified RSV hospitalizations in Tennessee. We linked hospitalization information (eg, patient demographic characteristics and outcome) with population-level variables (eg, social vulnerability and health care insurance coverage) from publicly available data sets using census tract of residence. Hospitalization incidence was calculated and stratified by period (2016-2020 and 2020-2023). We modeled social vulnerability effect on hospitalization incidence using Poisson regression. Results: Among 2687 RSV hospitalizations, there were 677 (25.2%) intensive care unit admissions and 38 (1.4%) deaths. The highest RSV hospitalization incidences occurred among children aged <5 years and adults aged ≥65 years: 272.8 per 100 000 person-years (95% CI, 258.6-287.0) and 60.6 (95% CI, 56.0-65.2), respectively. Having public health insurance was associated with higher hospitalization incidence as compared with not having public insurance: 60.5 per 100 000 person-years (95% CI, 57.6-63.4) vs 14.3 (95% CI, 13.4-15.2). Higher hospitalization incidence was associated with residing in a census tract in the most socially vulnerable quartile vs the least vulnerable quartile after adjusting for age, sex, and period (incidence rate ratio, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.3-1.6). Conclusions: RSV hospitalization was associated with living in more socially vulnerable census tracts. Population measures of social vulnerability might help guide mitigation strategies, including vaccine and monoclonal antibody promotion and provision to reduce RSV hospitalization.
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