COVID-19 public health measures and respiratory syncytial virus

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¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: philip.britton@health.nsw.gov.au.
² Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Management Support and Analysis Unit, Directorate of Clinical Integration, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ Management Support and Analysis Unit, Directorate of Clinical Integration, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Department of General Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁹ National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Department of General Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹¹ Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Community Paediatrics, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 32956616
PMCID: PMC7500894
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30307-2

COVID-19 public health measures and respiratory syncytial virus

Philip N Britton et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;4(11):e42-e43.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30307-2. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

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¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: philip.britton@health.nsw.gov.au.
² Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Management Support and Analysis Unit, Directorate of Clinical Integration, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ Management Support and Analysis Unit, Directorate of Clinical Integration, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Department of General Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁹ National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Department of General Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹¹ Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Community Paediatrics, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 32956616
PMCID: PMC7500894
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30307-2

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