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- Characteristics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Hospitalized Children Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand
- Wilawan Chaiut, Ratana Sapbamrer, Sauwaluk Dacha, Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, Ida Parwati, Anton Sumarpo, Rungnapa Malasao
- J Prev Med Public Health. 2023;56(3):212-220. Published online March 23, 2023
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.23.019
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Abstract
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This study compared the epidemiological and clinical manifestations of patients hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at a tertiary care hospital in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.
Methods
This retrospective observational study utilized data from all cases of laboratory-confirmed RSV infection at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital from January 2016 to December 2021. Differences in the clinical presentation of RSV infection before (2016 to 2019) and during (2020 to 2021) the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed and compared.
Results
In total, 358 patients hospitalized with RSV infections were reported from January 2016 to December 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, only 74 cases of hospitalized RSV infection were reported. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, the clinical presentations of RSV infection showed statistically significant decreases in fever on admission (p=0.004), productive cough (p=0.004), sputum (p=0.003), nausea (p=0.03), cyanosis (p=0.004), pallor (p<0.001), diarrhea (p<0.001), and chest pain (p<0.001). Furthermore, vigilant measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including lockdowns, also interrupted the RSV season in Thailand from 2020 to 2021.
Conclusions
The incidence of RSV infection was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, which also changed the clinical presentation and seasonal pattern of RSV infection in children. -
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- Epidemiological characteristics and whole-genome analysis of respiratory syncytial virus in Jining city from February 2023 to December 2024
Julong Wu, Yongjian Jia, Yajuan Jiang, Feifei He, Xuezhen Shi, Xiaoyu Wang, Ying Yue, Wei Liu, Huixin Dou, Boyan Jiao
Frontiers in Microbiology.2026;[Epub] CrossRef - Advancements in Pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus Diagnosis and Treatment before and after the Respiratory Disease Pandemic
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Advances in Clinical Medicine.2026; 16(04): 1908. CrossRef - Burden of laboratory-confirmed RSV hospitalization in children <5 years-of-age; 2019–2022
Krow Ampofo, Evan Heller, Alexander Platt-Koch, Per Gesteland, Kaleb Miller, Abbey Loveridge, Lazarus Adua, Yue Zhang, Madelyn Ruggieri, Yoonyoung Choi
BMC Pediatrics.2026;[Epub] CrossRef - Nosocomial Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the Post-Pandemic Era: Evolving Epidemiology and Integrated Prevention Strategies
Po-Hsiu Huang, Pei-Hsuan Huang, Po-Yu Liu, Ting-Kuang Yeh
Healthcare.2026; 14(19): 3335. CrossRef - Characterizing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Saamia I. Masoom, Gina Aloisio, Elizabeth A. Camp, James J. Dunn, Sarah D. Meskill
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.2025; 87: 108. CrossRef - Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization costs, rates, and seasonality in Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Luis J. Ponce, Thaddaeus Wu, Darren Junfeng Sim, Jo Yi Chow, Liang En Wee, Po Ying Chia, David Chien Boon Lye, Yee-Sin Leo, Jue Tao Lim
eClinicalMedicine.2025; 86: 103350. CrossRef - Temporal variations and spatial clusters of diarrheal diseases before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jakarta province, Indonesia
Erni Astutik, Zida Husnina, Laura Navika Yamani, Kinley Wangdi
BMC Public Health.2025;[Epub] CrossRef - Genetic characteristics and epidemiology of influenza and respiratory syncytial viruses associated with acute respiratory infections in Thailand
Napasorn Kamolvathin, Suthee Mangmee, Suphanun Phuphanitcharoenkun, Nattaya Kamchompoo, Sarocha Suthisawat, Nathamon Kosoltanapiwat, Jarinee Tongshoob, Arun Huntrup, Chayasin Mansanguan, Kobporn Boonnak
BMC Infectious Diseases.2025;[Epub] CrossRef - Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Patterns and Antibiotic Utilization in Pediatric Patients Hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia at a Recently Established General Hospital
Hyejin So, Kyung Min Kim, Eun Young Cho
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine.2024; 31(1): 75. CrossRef - Respiratory syncytial virus infection in children during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic at a referral center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Giuliana Pucarelli Lebreiro1, Marianna Tavares Venceslau1, Maria Angélica Arpon Marandino Guimarães1, Thalita Fernandes Abreu2, Yarina Rangel2, Ana Cristina Cisne Frota2, Cristina Barroso Hofer1
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Journal of International Medical Research.2024;[Epub] CrossRef - Predominance of ON1 and BA9 genotypes of human respiratory syncytial virus in children with acute respiratory infection in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2020–2021
Rungnapa Malasao, Wilawan Chaiut, Wanwisa Tantipetcharawan, Ratchanu Tongphung, Nicha Charoensri, Piyawan Takarn, Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, Niwat Maneekarn
Journal of Infection and Public Health.2023; 16(9): 1418. CrossRef
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak in the Basic Military Training Camp of the Republic of Korea Air Force
- Won-Ju Park, Seok-Ju Yoo, Suk-Ho Lee, Jae-Woo Chung, Keun-Ho Jang, Jai-Dong Moon
- J Prev Med Public Health. 2015;48(1):10-17. Published online January 14, 2015
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.14.037
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Abstract
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An outbreak of acute febrile illness occurred in the Republic of Korea Air Force boot camp from May to July 2011. An epidemiological investigation of the causative agent, which was of a highly infective nature, was conducted.
Methods
Throat swabs were carried out and a multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was performed to identify possible causative factors.
Results
The mean age of patients who had febrile illness during the study period was 20.24 years. The multiplex RT-PCR assay identified respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as the causative agent. The main symptoms were sore throat (76.0%), sputum (72.8%), cough (72.1%), tonsillar hypertrophy (67.9%), and rhinorrhea (55.9%). The mean temperature was 38.75°C and the attack rate among the recruits was 15.7% (588 out of 3750 recruits), while the mean duration of fever was 2.3 days. The prognosis was generally favorable with supportive care but recurrent fever occurred in 10.1% of the patients within a month.
Conclusions
This is the first epidemiological study of an RSV outbreak that developed in a healthy young adult group. In the event of an outbreak of an acute febrile illness of a highly infective nature in facilities used by a young adult group, RSV should be considered among the possible causative agents. -
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Citations to this article as recorded by- Respiratory syncytial virus infection and the need for immunization in Korea
Hye Young Kim, Ki Wook Yun, Hee Jin Cheong, Eun Hwa Choi, Hoan Jong Lee
Expert Review of Vaccines.2023;[Epub] CrossRef - COVID-19 outbreak in a military unit in Korea
Chanhee Kim, Young-Man Kim, Namwoo Heo, Eunjung Park, Sojin Choi, Sehyuk Jang, Nayoung Kim, Donghyok Kwon, Young-Joon Park, Byeongseop Choi, Beomman Ha, Kyounghwa Jung, Changbo Park, Sejin Park, Heeyoung Lee
Epidemiology and Health.2021; 43: e2021065. CrossRef
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