International changes in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemiology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Association with school closures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little RSV activity was observed during the first expected RSV season since the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple countries later experienced out-of-season RSV resurgences, yet their association with non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) is unclear. This study aimed to describe the changes in RSV epidemiology during the COVID-19 pandemic and to estimate the association between individual NPIs and the RSV resurgences.

Methods

RSV activity from Week (W)12-2020 to W44-2021 was compared with three pre-pandemic seasons using RSV surveillance data from Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Israel, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands and the United States. Changes in nine NPIs within 10 weeks before RSV resurgences were described. Associations between NPIs and

SUBMITTER: Billard MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343326 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature