Pediatric respiratory syncytial virus infections associated with hospital airborne viral genetic load detection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigates the potential aerosol transmission of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a major cause of viral pneumonia and bronchiolitis in young children.

Methods

Two hundred samples were collected in a long-term environmental surveillance program from January 2022 until January 2023. Samples were collected in a pediatric emergency corridor. The analyses were performed using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) targeting the RSV matrix gene. Information on the daily number of emergencies related with pediatric RSV infections was provided by the hospital.

Results

Aerosol samples collected from a pediatric hospital corridor revealed detectable RSV RNA, particularly during peak infection seasons. RSV RNA was detect

SUBMITTER: Alfaro-Perez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12932919 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature