Estimated Incidence of All-Cause Respiratory Hospitalizations and Deaths Attributable to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Adults in Finland between 2011 and 2019: A Retrospective Database Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) incidence among adults in Finland remains underreported, mostly due to non-specific RSV symptoms, infrequent standard-of-care testing, and reduced sensitivity of single-specimen nasal/nasopharyngeal RT-PCR testing among adults. We retrospectively estimated RSV-attributable incidence of all-cause respiratory hospitalizations and mortality in adults in Finland between 2011 and 2019.

Methods

We estimated incidence using time-series modeling by comparing the week-to-week variability in RSV diagnosis trends with the week-to-week variability in the events with any respiratory diagnosis. Weekly aggregated data on all-cause respiratory hospitalizations and deaths (J00-J99) were obtained from the Care Register for Health Care (HILMO) and S

SUBMITTER: Bruyndonckx R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12827847 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature