Estimation of respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospital admissions in five European countries: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause severe disease, notably among infants, older adults, and individuals with comorbidities. Non-systematic testing and differences in coding practices affect direct measures of the hospital disease burden. We aim to tackle this issue and estimate RSV-associated respiratory hospital admissions through time series modelling of hospital admissions.

Methods

The number of RSV hospital admissions in Denmark, England, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain were estimated with attribution analyses, using age-specific respiratory tract infection (RTI) admissions combined with virological data, both from routinely collected healthcare data. Analyses covered the years 2016-2023.

Findings

The attributed incidence of RSV per 100,000

SUBMITTER: Johannesen CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848484 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature