Seasonal and inter-seasonal RSV activity in the European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic from autumn 2020 to summer 2022
Închide
Conţinutul numărului revistei
Articolul precedent
Articolul urmator
107 2
Ultima descărcare din IBN:
2024-04-23 21:16
SM ISO690:2012
MESLE, Margaux M. I., SINNATHAMBY, Mary A., MOOK, Piers, PEBODY, Richard G., LAKHANI, Anissa, ZAMBON, Maria C., POPOVICI, Odette, LAZĂR, Mihaela, LJUBOVIC, Amela Dedeic, VUKMIR, Nina Rodic, ALTAS, Ayse Basak, AVCI, Emine, DRUC, Alina, NOI, Autori. Seasonal and inter-seasonal RSV activity in the European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic from autumn 2020 to summer 2022. In: Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 2023, vol. 17, pp. 1-12. ISSN 1750-2640. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.13219
EXPORT metadate:
Google Scholar
Crossref
CERIF

DataCite
Dublin Core
Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses
Volumul 17 / 2023 / ISSN 1750-2640 /ISSNe 1750-2659

Seasonal and inter-seasonal RSV activity in the European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic from autumn 2020 to summer 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.13219

Pag. 1-12

Mesle Margaux M. I.1, Sinnathamby Mary A.1, Mook Piers1, Pebody Richard G.1, Lakhani Anissa2, Zambon Maria C.2, Popovici Odette3, Lazăr Mihaela4, Ljubovic Amela Dedeic5, Vukmir Nina Rodic6, Altas Ayse Basak7, Avci Emine7, Druc Alina8, Noi Autori
 
1 World Health Organization, Denmark,
2 UK Health Security Agency, London,
3 Public Health Institute of Bucharest,
4 Cantacuzino National Medico-Military Institute for Research and Development: Bucuresti,
5 University of Sarajevo,
6 Public Health Institute of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka,
7 General Directorate of Public Health, Ankara,
8 National Agency for Public Health
 
 
Disponibil în IBN: 10 decembrie 2023


Rezumat

Background: The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in early 2020 and subsequent implementation of public health and social measures (PHSM) disrupted the epidemiology of respiratory viruses. This work describes the epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) observed during two winter seasons (weeks 40–20) and inter-seasonal periods (weeks 21–39) during the pandemic between October 2020 and September 2022. Methods: Using data submitted to The European Surveillance System (TESSy) by countries or territories in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region between weeks 40/2020 and 39/2022, we aggregated country-specific weekly RSV counts of sentinel, non-sentinel and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) surveillance specimens and calculated percentage positivity. Results for both 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons and inter-seasons were compared with pre-pandemic 2016/17 to 2019/20 seasons and inter-seasons. Results: Although more specimens were tested than in pre-COVID-19 pandemic seasons, very few RSV detections were reported during the 2020/21 season in all surveillance systems. During the 2021 inter-season, a gradual increase in detections was observed in all systems. In 2021/22, all systems saw early peaks of RSV infection, and during the 2022 inter-seasonal period, patterns of detections were closer to those seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: RSV surveillance continued throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with an initial reduction in transmission, followed by very high and out-of-season RSV circulation (summer 2021) and then an early start of the 2021/22 season. As of the 2022/23 season, RSV circulation had not yet normalised.