Respiratory syncytial virus burden in children under 2 years old in understudied areas worldwide: gap analysis of available evidence, 2012-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We evaluated published evidence (2012-2022) on pediatric RSV burden in 149 countries within World Health Organization (WHO) regions of Africa (AFRO), Americas (AMRO, excluding Canada and the USA), Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Europe (EURO, excluding European Union countries and the UK), Southeast Asia (SEARO), and Western Pacific (WPRO, excluding Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea).

Methods

Gap analysis on RSV-associated disease (hospitalizations, hospital course, mortality or case fatality, detection, and incidence) in children ≤2 years old, where hospitalization rates, hospital course, mortality rate, case fatality rate (CFR), and postmortem detection rates were summarized, by region, for each country.

Results

Forty-two publications we

SUBMITTER: Sini de Almeida R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617186 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature