Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain

The aim of this population-based retrospective study was to determine the incidence of hospitalization for community-acquired, laboratory-confirmed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in an unselected paediatric population from southern Europe. The study was performed in an area with 15700 c...

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Autores: Vicente, D., Montes, Milagrosa, Cilla Eguiluz, Carlos Gustavo, González Pérez-Yarza, Eduardo, Pérez Trallero, Emilio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/2493
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/2493
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Palabra clave:group A
group B
infection
children
infants
rates
bronchiolitis
influenza
vaccine
RSV
EPIDEMIOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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spelling Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain Vicente, D. Montes, Milagrosa Cilla Eguiluz, Carlos Gustavo González Pérez-Yarza, Eduardo Pérez Trallero, Emilio group A group B infection children infants rates bronchiolitis influenza vaccine RSV EPIDEMIOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASES The aim of this population-based retrospective study was to determine the incidence of hospitalization for community-acquired, laboratory-confirmed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in an unselected paediatric population from southern Europe. The study was performed in an area with 15700 children aged less than 5 years attended by a single hospital. The presence of RSV in nasopharyngeal aspirates from children with acute respiratory infection treated in the hospital was investigated in four seasons (July 1996–June 2000). A total of 390 episodes of hospitalization for RSV infection were detected and 83·3% of the children were aged less than 1 year old. The annual hospitalization rate was 37/1000 for infants aged less than 6 months and 25/1000 for those aged less than 1 year. During the study period, 2·5% of the infants younger than 1 year and approximately 5% of those younger than 3 months were hospitalized for RSV infection. The mean length of hospital stay was 5·9 days. Seven per cent of the patients required admission to the intensive care unit and more than half of these children were aged less than 1 month. In Spain, community-acquired RSV infection is a highly frequent cause of hospitalization in young children, especially in those aged less than 1 year. Prevention of RSV infection, through the development of vaccines and/or other strategies, should be a public health priority. Cambridge University Press http://hdl.handle.net/10810/2493
title Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain
spellingShingle Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain
Vicente, D.
group A
group B
infection
children
infants
rates
bronchiolitis
influenza
vaccine
RSV
EPIDEMIOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
title_short Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain
title_full Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain
title_fullStr Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain
title_sort Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in the paediatric population in Spain
author Vicente, D.
author_facet Vicente, D.
Montes, Milagrosa
Cilla Eguiluz, Carlos Gustavo
González Pérez-Yarza, Eduardo
Pérez Trallero, Emilio
author_role author
author2 Montes, Milagrosa
Cilla Eguiluz, Carlos Gustavo
González Pérez-Yarza, Eduardo
Pérez Trallero, Emilio
author2_role author
author
author
author
topic group A
group B
infection
children
infants
rates
bronchiolitis
influenza
vaccine
RSV
EPIDEMIOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
topic_facet group A
group B
infection
children
infants
rates
bronchiolitis
influenza
vaccine
RSV
EPIDEMIOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
description The aim of this population-based retrospective study was to determine the incidence of hospitalization for community-acquired, laboratory-confirmed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in an unselected paediatric population from southern Europe. The study was performed in an area with 15700 children aged less than 5 years attended by a single hospital. The presence of RSV in nasopharyngeal aspirates from children with acute respiratory infection treated in the hospital was investigated in four seasons (July 1996–June 2000). A total of 390 episodes of hospitalization for RSV infection were detected and 83·3% of the children were aged less than 1 year old. The annual hospitalization rate was 37/1000 for infants aged less than 6 months and 25/1000 for those aged less than 1 year. During the study period, 2·5% of the infants younger than 1 year and approximately 5% of those younger than 3 months were hospitalized for RSV infection. The mean length of hospital stay was 5·9 days. Seven per cent of the patients required admission to the intensive care unit and more than half of these children were aged less than 1 month. In Spain, community-acquired RSV infection is a highly frequent cause of hospitalization in young children, especially in those aged less than 1 year. Prevention of RSV infection, through the development of vaccines and/or other strategies, should be a public health priority.
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