Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Illness in Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Regions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

© GSK 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

Background: Incidence data of respiratory syncytial virus-associated lower respiratory tract illness (RSV-LRTI) are sparse in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We estimated RSV-LRTI incidence rates (IRs) in infants in LMICs using World Health Organization case definitions.

Methods: This prospective cohort study, conducted in 10 LMICs from May 2019 to October 2021 (largely overlapping with the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic), followed infants born to women with low-risk pregnancies for 1 year from birth using active and passive surveillance to detect potential LRTIs, and quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction on nasal swabs to detect RSV.

Results: Among 2094 infants, 32 (1.5%) experienced an RSV-LRTI (8 during their first 6 months of life, 24 thereafter). Seventeen (0.8%) infants had severe RSV-LRTI and 168 (8.0%) had all-cause LRTI. IRs (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) of first RSV-LRTI episode were 1.0 (.3-2.3), 0.8 (.3-1.5), and 1.6 (1.1-2.2) per 100 person-years for infants aged 0-2, 0-5, and 0-11 months, respectively. IRs (95% CIs) of the first all-cause LRTI episode were 10.7 (8.1-14.0), 11.7 (9.6-14.0), and 8.7 (7.5-10.2) per 100 person-years, respectively. IRs varied by country (RSV-LRTI: 0.0-8.3, all-cause LRTI: 0.0-49.6 per 100 person-years for 0- to 11-month-olds).

Conclusions: RSV-LRTI IRs in infants in this study were relatively low, likely due to reduced viral circulation caused by COVID-19-related nonpharmaceutical interventions.

Clinical Trials Registration: NCT03614676.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Open forum infectious diseases - 10(2023), 12 vom: 13. Dez., Seite ofad553

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fry, Samantha [VerfasserIn]
Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya [VerfasserIn]
Pallem, Sridevi [VerfasserIn]
Henry, Ouzama [VerfasserIn]
Pu, Yongjia [VerfasserIn]
Akawung, Agnes [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Joon Hyung [VerfasserIn]
Yanni, Emad [VerfasserIn]
Tullio, Antonella Nadia [VerfasserIn]
Aurpibul, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Christine Mui Fong [VerfasserIn]
Ceballos, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Zaman, Khalequ [VerfasserIn]
Abadía de Regalado, Ivonne [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Khatija [VerfasserIn]
Arias Fernandez, Diana Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Taher, Sri Wahyu [VerfasserIn]
Caccavo, Juliana [VerfasserIn]
Coutinho, Conrado Milani [VerfasserIn]
D'Andrea Nores, Ulises [VerfasserIn]
De León, Tirza [VerfasserIn]
D'Silva, Emily Christine [VerfasserIn]
De Bernardi, Mara [VerfasserIn]
Dieser, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Falaschi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Flores Acosta, Clara Del Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Gentile, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Teo, Ik Hui [VerfasserIn]
Kotze, Sheena [VerfasserIn]
López-Medina, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Luca, Ruben [VerfasserIn]
Lucion, Maria Florencia [VerfasserIn]
Mantaring, Jacinto Blas Iii V [VerfasserIn]
Marín, Bladimir [VerfasserIn]
Moelo, Malahleha [VerfasserIn]
Mussi-Pinhata, Marisa Márcia [VerfasserIn]
Pinto, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Puthanakit, Thanyawee [VerfasserIn]
Reyes, Osvaldo [VerfasserIn]
Roa, Maria Fernanda [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez Brieschke, María Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Camilo Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez Niño, Juan Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Schwarzbold, Alexandre Vargas [VerfasserIn]
Sierra Garcia, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Sivapatham, Lavitha [VerfasserIn]
Soon, Ruey [VerfasserIn]
Tinoco, Juan Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Velásquez Penagos, Jesús Arnulfo [VerfasserIn]
Dos Santos, Gaël [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Epidemiology
Incidence
Infants
Journal Article
Lower respiratory tract illness
Respiratory syncytial virus

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 30.12.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03614676

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ofid/ofad553

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365797111