Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study

Surveillance of Pediatric REspiratory Admissions in Dutch hospitals (SPREAD) Study Group

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiad282

Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study

Surveillance of Pediatric REspiratory Admissions in Dutch hospitals (SPREAD) Study Group

UMCU Wilhelmina Children's Hospital
Yale School of Public Health
Maastricht University Medical Center
VU University Medical Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Dept. Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; UNIV UMR1052, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Utrecht University
Yale University
Maastricht University
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We initiated a nationwide prospective study to monitor respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related pediatric hospitalizations in 46 hospitals throughout the Netherlands between May 2021 and August 2022. We showed year-round RSV transmission in the Netherlands after an initial 2021 summer outbreak. The pattern was unprecedented and distinct from neighboring countries. We extended a dynamic simulation model to evaluate the impact of waning immunity on pediatric RSV hospitalizations in the Netherlands using 4 different scenarios. Our results suggest that the observed continuous RSV transmission pattern could be associated with waning immunity due to the period of very low RSV circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1394-1399
Number of pages	6
Journal	The Journal of infectious diseases
Volume	228
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad282
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Child
Humans
COVID-19/epidemiology
Netherlands/epidemiology
Pandemics
Prospective Studies
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
Seasons
COVID-19
epidemic timing
respiratory syncytial virus
seasonality
waning immunity

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Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study. / Surveillance of Pediatric REspiratory Admissions in Dutch hospitals (SPREAD) Study Group.
In: The Journal of infectious diseases, Vol. 228, No. 10, 11.11.2023, p. 1394-1399.

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Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study

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