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ABSTRACT: Background
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospitalizations in young children. We estimated the burden of community-onset RSV-associated hospitalizations among US children aged <2 years by extrapolating rates of RSV-confirmed hospitalizations in 4 surveillance states and using probabilistic multipliers to adjust for ascertainment biases.Methods
From October 2014 through April 2015, clinician-ordered RSV tests identified laboratory-confirmed RSV hospitalizations among children aged <2 years at 4 influenza hospitalization surveillance network sites. Surveillance populations were used to estimate age-specific rates of RSV-associated hospitalization, after adjusting for detection probabilities. We extrapolated these rates using US census data.Results
We identified 1554 RSV-associated hospitalizations in children aged <2 years. Of these, 27% were admitted to an intensive care unit, 6% needed mechanical ventilation, and 5 died. Most cases (1047/1554; 67%) had no underlying condition. Adjusted age-specific RSV hospitalization rates per 100 000 population were 1970 (95% confidence interval [CI],1787 to 2177), 897 (95% CI, 761 to 1073), 531 (95% CI, 459 to 624), and 358 (95% CI, 317 to 405) for ages 0-2, 3-5, 6-11, and 12-23 months, respectively. Extrapolating to the US population, an estimated 49 509-59 867 community-onset RSV-associated hospitalizations among children aged <2 years occurred during the 2014-2015 season.Conclusions
Our findings highlight the importance of RSV as a cause of hospitalization, especially among children aged <2 months. Our approach to estimating RSV-related hospitalizations could be used to provide a US baseline for assessing the impact of future interventions.
SUBMITTER: Arriola CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7107566 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arriola Carmen S CS Kim Lindsay L Langley Gayle G Anderson Evan J EJ Openo Kyle K Martin Andrew M AM Lynfield Ruth R Bye Erica E Como-Sabetti Kathy K Reingold Arthur A Chai Shua S Daily Pam P Thomas Ann A Crawford Courtney C Reed C C Garg S S Chaves Sandra S SS
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 20201101 5
<h4>Background</h4>Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospitalizations in young children. We estimated the burden of community-onset RSV-associated hospitalizations among US children aged <2 years by extrapolating rates of RSV-confirmed hospitalizations in 4 surveillance states and using probabilistic multipliers to adjust for ascertainment biases.<h4>Methods</h4>From October 2014 through April 2015, clinician-ordered RSV tests identified laboratory-confirmed RSV hospitalizati ...[more]