Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Jul 1;177(7):730-732. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1088.

Authors

Suchitra Rao¹, Isaac Armistead², Kevin Messacar¹, Nisha B Alden², Emma Schmoll², Elizabeth Austin², Samuel R Dominguez¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
² Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver.

PMID: 37184852
PMCID: PMC10186203 (available on 2024-05-15)
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1088

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study examined changes in RSV age distribution and disease severity in Colorado children after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Child
Humans
Infant
Pandemics
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human*
Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology