Modelled estimates of hospitalisations attributable to respiratory syncytial virus and influenza in Australia, 2009-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza are important causes of disease in children and adults. In Australia, information on the burden of RSV in adults is particularly limited.

Methods

We used time series analysis to estimate respiratory, acute respiratory infection, pneumonia and influenza, and bronchiolitis hospitalisations attributable to RSV and influenza in Australia during 2009 through 2017. RSV and influenza-coded hospitalisations in <5-year-olds were used as proxies for relative weekly viral activity.

Results

From 2009 to 2017, the estimated all-age average annual rates of respiratory hospitalisations attributable to RSV and seasonal influenza (excluding 2009) were 54.8 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 20.1, 88.8) and 87.8 (95% CI: 74.5, 9

SUBMITTER: Nazareno AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530581 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature