An epidemiological investigation of high-risk infants for Respiratory Syncytial Virus infections: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections may lead to severe consequences in infants born preterm with breathing problems (such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)) or congenital heart diseases (CHD). Since studies investigating the influence of different gestational age (WGA) and concomitant specific comorbidities on the burden of RSV infections are scarce, the present study aimed to better characterize these high-risk populations in the Italian context.

Methods

This retrospective, longitudinal and record-linkage cohort study involved infants born between 2017 and 2019 in Lazio Region (Italy) and is based on data extracted from administrative databases. Each infant was exclusively included in one of the following cohorts

SUBMITTER: Servadio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10962102 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature