Disease Burden of RSV Infection in Adult Patients in Comparison to Influenza Virus Infection.

ABSTRACT: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is well known for its impact on children, but its burden in adults remains underexplored, partly due to limited PCR testing before the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, the medical burden of RSV infections in adults was retrospectively investigated using 6-year longitudinal data from a university hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Outcomes of 380 PCR-confirmed RSV cases were compared with 1088 influenza A/B cases from 2018 to 2023, stratified by age groups ( < 60 and ≥ 60 years). Among RSV cases, 59.7% required hospitalization, of which 22.9% needed oxygen supply. In the whole group hospitalization rates were comparable between RSV and influenza cases, but oxygen supply was more frequent in influenza infections. However, in patients aged ≥ 60 yea

SUBMITTER: Trifonov G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12041907 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature