Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisations among young children: a data linkage study

Epidemiology and Infection
Namrata PrasadCameron C Grant

Abstract

We aimed to provide comprehensive estimates of laboratory-confirmed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated hospitalisations. Between 2012 and 2015, active surveillance of acute respiratory infection (ARI) hospitalisations during winter seasons was used to estimate the seasonal incidence of laboratory-confirmed RSV hospitalisations in children aged <5 years in Auckland, New Zealand (NZ). Incidence rates were estimated by fine age group, ethnicity and socio-economic status (SES) strata. Additionally, RSV disease estimates determined through active surveillance were compared to rates estimated from hospital discharge codes. There were 5309 ARI hospitalisations among children during the study period, of which 3923 (73.9%) were tested for RSV and 1597 (40.7%) were RSV-positive. The seasonal incidence of RSV-associated ARI hospitalisations, once corrected for non-testing, was 6.1 (95% confidence intervals 5.8-6.4) per 1000 children <5 years old. The highest incidence was among children aged <3 months. Being of indigenous Māori or Pacific ethnicity or living in a neighbourhood with low SES independently increased the risk of an RSV-associated hospitalisation. RSV hospital discharge codes had a sensitivity of 71% for ide...Continue Reading

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Aug 29, 2020·Epidemiology and Infection·Namrata PrasadCameron C Grant
Jul 18, 2020·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·Namrata PrasadE Claire Newbern
Jun 13, 2020·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Namrata PrasadE Claire Newbern
Dec 22, 2020·The Journal of Infectious Diseases·John M McLaughlinDavid L Swerdlow
Apr 27, 2021·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Lisa StaadegaardJohn Paget

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