Authors' response: Atypical age distribution and high disease severity in children with RSV infections during two irregular epidemic seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Euro Surveill. 2024 May;29(20):2400282. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.20.2400282.

Authors

Wei Cai¹, Sophie Köndgen^{2

3}, Kristin Tolksdorf¹, Ralf Dürrwald^{2

3}, Barbara Biere³, Walter Haas¹, Thorsten Wolff^{2

3}, Silke Buda¹, Janine Reiche^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Unit 36, Respiratory Infections, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
² Unit 17, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Consultant Laboratory for RSV, PIV and HMPV, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
³ Unit 17, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Influenza Centre, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 38757284
PMCID: PMC11100291
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.20.2400282

No abstract available

Keywords: acute respiratory infection; children; disease severity; genotype; respiratory syncytial virus; surveillance.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Age Distribution
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Pandemics
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2*
Seasons
Severity of Illness Index*