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- Title
Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study.
- Authors
Löwensteyn, Yvette N; Zheng, Zhe; Rave, Neele; Bannier, Michiel A G E; Billard, Marie-Noëlle; Casalegno, Jean-Sebastien; Pitzer, Virginia E; Wildenbeest, Joanne G; Weinberger, Daniel M; Bont, Louis; Group, for the Surveillance of Pediatric REspiratory Admissions in Dutch hospitals (SPREAD) Study
- Abstract
We initiated a nationwide prospective study to monitor respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)–related pediatric hospitalizations in 46 hospitals throughout the Netherlands between May 2021 and August 2022. We showed year-round RSV transmission in the Netherlands after an initial 2021 summer outbreak. The pattern was unprecedented and distinct from neighboring countries. We extended a dynamic simulation model to evaluate the impact of waning immunity on pediatric RSV hospitalizations in the Netherlands using 4 different scenarios. Our results suggest that the observed continuous RSV transmission pattern could be associated with waning immunity due to the period of very low RSV circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; RESPIRATORY syncytial virus; COVID-19 pandemic; SCIENTIFIC observation; DYNAMIC simulation; VENTILATION monitoring
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023, Vol 228, Issue 10, p1394
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/jiad282