Low levels of respiratory syncytial virus activity in Europe during the 2020/21 season: what can we expect in the coming summer and autumn/winter? (original) (raw)
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, Adam Meijer2, Guðrún Aspelund3, Jean Sebastien Casalegno4, Guðrún Erna5, Uy Hoang6, Bruno Lina4, VRS study group in Lyon7, Simon de Lusignan6, Anne C. Teirlinck8, Valtýr Thors9,10, John Paget1View Affiliations Hide Affiliations
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1 Nivel, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2 Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Diagnostics and laboratory Surveillance, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
3 Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control, The Directorate of Health, Reykjavik, Iceland
4 Virology Department, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, HCL, Lyon, France
5 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
6 Oxford-Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
7 The members of the group are listed under Investigators
8 Centre for Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surveillance, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
9 Children’s Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
10 Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Jojanneke van Summeren
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VRS study group in Lyon: Antoine Ouziel, Jean-claude Tardy, Pascal Gaucherand, Jerome Massardier, Stephanie Polazzi, Antoine Duclos, Mehdi Benchaib, Regine Cartier, Marine Jourdain, Michelle Ottmann, Rolf Kramer, Sylvie Fiorini, Nathalie Rivat, Yahia Mekki, Julie Fort-Jacquier, Maud-Catherine Barral, Vey Noelie, Julie Haesebaert, Come Horvat, Leo Vidoni, Jean-Marc Reynes, Jean-Francois Eleouet, Laurence Josset, Matthieu Receveur, Etienne Javouhey, Dominique Ploin, Martine Valette, Remi Fanget, Sandrine Couray Targe, Anne-Florence Myar-Dury, Muriel Doret-Dion, Mona Massoud, Elsa Masson, Emilie Bard, Gregory Queromes, Phillipe Vanhems, Olivier Claris, Marine Butin, Florence Ader, Sylvie Bin, Alexandre Gaymard, Florence Morfin, Yves Gillet
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Citation style for this article: van Summeren Jojanneke, Meijer Adam, Aspelund Guðrún, Casalegno Jean Sebastien, Erna Guðrún, Hoang Uy, Lina Bruno, VRS study group in Lyon, de Lusignan Simon, Teirlinck Anne C., Thors Valtýr, Paget John. Low levels of respiratory syncytial virus activity in Europe during the 2020/21 season: what can we expect in the coming summer and autumn/winter?.Euro Surveill. 2021;26(29):pii=2100639.https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.29.2100639 Received: 30 Jun 2021; Accepted: 21 Jun 2021Full-Text
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Since the introduction of non-pharmacological interventions to control COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity in Europe has been limited. Surveillance data for 17 countries showed delayed RSV epidemics in France (≥ 12 w) and Iceland (≥ 4 w) during the 2020/21 season. RSV cases (predominantly small children) in France and Iceland were older compared with previous seasons. We hypothesise that future RSV epidemic(s) could start outside the usual autumn/winter season and be larger than expected. Year-round surveillance of RSV is of critical importance.
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