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ArticleViruses2026

Seasonal and Age-Stratified Patterns of Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV in Poland (2024-2026).

Wiktoria Majewska, Barbara Poniedziałek, Lidia B Brydak, Andrzej Fal, Piotr Rzymski

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Wiktoria MajewskaDepartment of Environmental Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0009-0000-0444-7983
Barbara PoniedziałekDepartment of Environmental Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1601-1703
Lidia B BrydakDepartment of Virology, National Institute of Public Health, NIH-National Research Institute, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0553-627X
Andrzej FalFaculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9675-7942
Piotr RzymskiDepartment of Environmental Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4713-0801

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Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza viruses, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remain major causes of seasonal respiratory morbidity, yet their contemporary temporal relationships and age-specific dynamics are insufficiently characterized. We analyzed nationwide Polish surveillance data for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 epidemic seasons, reporting the weekly infection burden per 100,000 population, both overall and by age group (0-4, 5-19, 20-59, and ≥60 years). The seasonal magnitude, peak timing, peak width, normalized temporal trajectories, and age-specific lead-lag patterns were compared. In both seasons, respiratory virus circulation followed the same temporal sequence: COVID-19 activity increased first and peaked in September, followed by influenza in January/February and RSV infections in February/March. Mean weekly burden was lower in 2025/26 for all three infections, by 22.0% for influenza, 19.5% for COVID-19, and 16.0% for RSV, with the between-season difference reaching statistical significance only for influenza (

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COVID-19Influenza, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsAdolescentAdultAgedAge FactorsChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMiddle AgedPolandSARS-CoV-2SeasonsCOVID-19epidemiologyinfluenzapublic healthrespiratory infectionsrespiratory syncytial virusRSVSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC13612057

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