Estimated Incidence Rate of Specific Types of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospitalizations Attributable to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Among Adults in Germany Between 2015 and 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

RSV incidence in adults is frequently underestimated due to non-specific symptomatology, limited standard-of-care testing, and lower test sensitivity compared to infants. We conducted a retrospective observational study to estimate RSV-attributable incidence of specific types of cardiorespiratory hospitalizations among adults in Germany between 2015 and 2019.

Methods

Information on hospitalizations and the number of people at risk of hospitalization (denominator) was gathered from a Statutory Health Insurance database. A quasi-Poisson regression model accounting for periodic and aperiodic time trends and virus activity was fitted to estimate the RSV-attributable incidence rate (IR) of four specific cardiovascular hospitalizations (arrhythmia, ischemic heart diseas

SUBMITTER: Liang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035416 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature