Estimated Incidence of Hospitalizations Attributable to RSV Infection Among Adults in Ontario, Canada, Between 2013 and 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adult respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) burden is underestimated due to non-specific symptoms, limited standard-of-care and delayed testing, reduced diagnostic test sensitivity-particularly when using single diagnostic specimen-when compared to children, and variable test sensitivity based on the upper airway specimen source. We estimated RSV-attributable hospitalization incidence among adults aged ≥ 18 years in Ontario, Canada, using a retrospective time-series model-based approach.

Methods

The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences data repository provided weekly numbers of hospitalizations (from 2013 to 2019) for respiratory, cardiovascular, and cardiorespiratory disorders. The number of hospitalizations attributable to RSV was estimated using a quasi-Poi

SUBMITTER: Mitratza M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11343949 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature