The burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region across age groups: A systematic review.

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Yolla YoussefGhassan Dbaibo

Abstract

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus that generally causes a mild illness in children and adults or severe symptoms with complications in infants and the elderly, particularly in the presence of underlying comorbidities. While epidemiological data about this virus are available globally, data from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are still scarce. For this reason, we conducted a systematic review to determine the burden of RSV disease in the MENA region by searching the available literature up until September 2018. A total of 1242 studies were retrieved of which 90 were included in the review. Most of the included studies were conducted in subjects aged 0-18 years with the majority being in children below 3 years of age, while only 2 studies included exclusively adults above 18 years of age. RSV infection rates varied greatly between different studies on hospitalized subjects and ranged between 4% and 82%, while the range was smaller in studies on outpatient subjects (between 6% and 36%). When calculating the RSV infection rates in the hospitalized subjects with different inclusion criteria, we found that it was 19%, 70%, and 33% among subjects admitted with Acute Respiratory Infections ...Continue Reading

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