TY - JOUR
T1 - Seasonality and geographical spread of respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in 15 european countries, 2010 to 2016
AU - European Influenza Surveillance Network
AU - Broberg, Eeva K.
AU - Waris, Matti
AU - Johansen, Kari
AU - Snacken, René
AU - Penttinen, Pasi
AU - Trebbien, Ramona
AU - Emborg, Hanne Dorthe
AU - Krause, Tyra Grove
AU - Fischer, Thea K.
AU - Kuznetsova, Natalja
AU - Dotsenko, Liidia
AU - Sadikova, Olga
AU - Behillil, Sylvie
AU - Blanchon, Thierry
AU - Capai, Lisandru
AU - Cohen, Jean Marie
AU - Enouf, Vincent
AU - Falchi, Alessandra
AU - Guerrisi, Caroline
AU - Lina, Bruno
AU - Hanslik, Thomas
AU - Masse, Shirley
AU - Mosnier, Anne
AU - Turbelin, Clément
AU - Valette, Martine
AU - Van Der Werf, Sylvie
AU - Schweiger, Brunhilde
AU - Reiche, Janine
AU - Biere, Barbara
AU - Buda, Silke
AU - Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun Erna
AU - Domegan, Lisa
AU - Donnell, Joan O.
AU - Byrne, Christina
AU - O’Reilly, Paul
AU - Moran, Joanne
AU - Waters, Allison
AU - Gascun, Cillian De
AU - Zamjatina, Natalija
AU - Pakarna, Gatis
AU - Nikiforova, Raina
AU - Melillo, Jackie Maistre
AU - Melillo, Tanya
AU - Meijer, Adam
AU - Teirlinck, Anne
AU - Brydak, Lidia B.
AU - Cieślak, Katarzyna
AU - Guiomar, Raquel
AU - Pebody, Richard
AU - Ellis, Joanna
AU - Zambon, Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is considered the most common pathogen causing severe lower respiratory tract infections among infants and young children. We describe the seasonality and geographical spread of RSV infection in 15 countries of the European Union and European Economic Area. We performed a retrospective descriptive study of weekly laboratory-confirmed RSV detections between weeks 40/2010 and 20/2016, in patients investigated for influenza-like illness, acute respiratory infection or following the clinician’s judgment. Six countries reported 4,230 sentinel RSV laboratory diagnoses from primary care and 14 countries reported 156,188 non-sentinel laboratory diagnoses from primary care or hospitals. The median length of the RSV season based on sentinel and non-sentinel surveillance was 16 (range: 9–24) and 18 (range: 8–24) weeks, respectively. The median peak weeks for sentinel and non-sentinel detections were week 4 (range: 48 to 11) and week 4.5 (range: 49 to 17), respectively. RSV detections peaked later (r = 0.56; p = 0.0360) and seasons lasted longer with increasing latitude (r = 0.57; p = 0.0329). Our data demonstrated regular seasonality with moderate correlation between timing of the epidemic and increasing latitude of the country. This study supports the use of RSV diagnostics within influenza or other surveillance systems to monitor RSV seasonality and geographical spread.
AB - Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is considered the most common pathogen causing severe lower respiratory tract infections among infants and young children. We describe the seasonality and geographical spread of RSV infection in 15 countries of the European Union and European Economic Area. We performed a retrospective descriptive study of weekly laboratory-confirmed RSV detections between weeks 40/2010 and 20/2016, in patients investigated for influenza-like illness, acute respiratory infection or following the clinician’s judgment. Six countries reported 4,230 sentinel RSV laboratory diagnoses from primary care and 14 countries reported 156,188 non-sentinel laboratory diagnoses from primary care or hospitals. The median length of the RSV season based on sentinel and non-sentinel surveillance was 16 (range: 9–24) and 18 (range: 8–24) weeks, respectively. The median peak weeks for sentinel and non-sentinel detections were week 4 (range: 48 to 11) and week 4.5 (range: 49 to 17), respectively. RSV detections peaked later (r = 0.56; p = 0.0360) and seasons lasted longer with increasing latitude (r = 0.57; p = 0.0329). Our data demonstrated regular seasonality with moderate correlation between timing of the epidemic and increasing latitude of the country. This study supports the use of RSV diagnostics within influenza or other surveillance systems to monitor RSV seasonality and geographical spread.
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U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.5.17-00284
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.5.17-00284
M3 - Article
C2 - 29409569
AN - SCOPUS:85041953918
SN - 1025-496X
VL - 23
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
IS - 5
M1 - 17-00284
ER -