Unraveling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospital burden of respiratory syncytial virus

Aida Perramon-Malavez¹, Victor López de Rioja¹, Anna Creus-Costa^{2

3}, Cristina Andrés⁴, Cristina Montañola-Sales⁵, Jorgina Vila^{2

3}, Esther Lera², Andrés Antón⁴, Núria Worner^{2

3}, Joan Balcells⁶, Maria Piñana⁴, Pere Soler-Palacin^{3

7}, Clara Prats¹, Antoni Soriano-Arandes^{3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, Computational Biology and Complex Systems (BIOCOM-SC) group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
² Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
³ Infection and Immunity in Paediatric Patients, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Respiratory Viruses Unit, Virology Section, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁵ Department of Quantitative Methods, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁶ Paediatric Intesive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁷ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Children's Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Aida Perramon-Malavez et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;58(10):2979-2982.

doi: 10.1002/ppul.26616. Epub 2023 Jul 26.

¹ Department of Physics, Computational Biology and Complex Systems (BIOCOM-SC) group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
² Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
³ Infection and Immunity in Paediatric Patients, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Respiratory Viruses Unit, Virology Section, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁵ Department of Quantitative Methods, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁶ Paediatric Intesive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁷ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Children's Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Keywords: COVID-19; burden; epidemiology; hospitalization; respiratory syncytial virus.

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