Citation:
Eden JS, Sikazwe C, Xie R, ......... Blyth CC, Britton PN, …….. and Moore HC for the Australian RSV Study Group. Off-season RSV epidemics in Australia after easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):2884.
Keywords:
COVID-19; Epidemiology; Pandemics; Prevention & control; Respiratory Syncytial Virus; Infection; Genetics
Abstract:
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of acute respiratory infection with the most severe disease in the young and elderly. Non-pharmaceutical interventions and travel restrictions for controlling COVID-19 have impacted the circulation of most respiratory viruses including RSV globally, particularly in Australia, where during 2020 the normal winter epidemics were notably absent.