The epidemiology of medically attended respiratory syncytial virus in older adults in the United States: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This review was undertaken to assess the historical evidence of the disease incidence and burden of laboratory-confirmed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in medically attended older adults.

Design

A qualitative systematic literature review was performed; no statistical synthesis of the data was planned, in anticipation of expected heterogeneity across studies in this population.

Methods

A literature search of PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library was conducted for studies of medically attended RSV in older adults (≥ 50 years) published in the last 15 years. Two independent reviewers screened titles and abstracts based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Results

From 10 studies reporting incidence proportions, RSV may be the causative a

SUBMITTER: Colosia AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552193 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature