Estimating the burden of adult hospitalized RSV infection including special populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous studies in the U.S. have made estimates of the RSV burden among adults that vary widely due to differences in methodology, reliance on influenza surveillance, which does not adequately capture all RSV clinical symptoms, and lack of diagnostic methods to identify RSV when viral loads are low. Nevertheless, accurate burden estimates can inform healthcare planning, resource allocation and potentially, RSV vaccine policy.

Methods

A simple method combined with statewide and local hospitalization, medical record and U.S. Census data were used to estimate population-based RSV hospitalization burden among adults ages 18-64 years, ≥65 years, and including immunocompetent, immunocompromised and pregnant individuals during 2015-2018 for Allegheny County, Pennsylvani

SUBMITTER: Nowalk MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature