2003
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-002-3124-8
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Two-Year Periodicity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemics in Switzerland

Abstract: RSV epidemiology in Switzerland is characterized by fixed biannual variation. In the absence of active RSV surveillance, such periodicity is useful for scheduling RSV prophylaxis and for hospital resources management.

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“…A sensitivity analysis including a dummy variable for study nurse in the analysis gave similar results as the primary analysis. Also, inclusion of dummy variables for years with eminent RSV epidemics 18 did not change our results. As no gold standard exists for the detection of lower respiratory tract symptoms in epidemiological studies, we used a pragmatic approach using a standardized symptom score with a high sensitivity for lower respiratory symptoms.…”
Section: Methodological Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 51%
“…A sensitivity analysis including a dummy variable for study nurse in the analysis gave similar results as the primary analysis. Also, inclusion of dummy variables for years with eminent RSV epidemics 18 did not change our results. As no gold standard exists for the detection of lower respiratory tract symptoms in epidemiological studies, we used a pragmatic approach using a standardized symptom score with a high sensitivity for lower respiratory symptoms.…”
Section: Methodological Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 51%
“…A halállal vég-ződő betegségek aránya egyéves korig magas, ezt köve-tően jelentősen csökken [5]. A bronchiolitisszezon az északi féltekén jellemzően október és március között jelentkezik, kifejezetten nagy esetszám kétévenként figyelhető meg [6].…”
Section: Rsv = Respiratory Syncytial Virusunclassified
“…A nemzetközi gyakorlatban is megfigyelt kétévenkénti ingadozást [6] 61 gyermek esetében került sor ágy melletti RSVgyorsteszt elvégzésére. A vizsgálat elmaradásának oka a gyorsteszt ideiglenes hiánya volt.…”
Section: A Bronchiolitis Előfordulásaunclassified
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“…In Mediterranean areas RSV outbreaks happen mainly in winter whereas in tropical countries they happen in the rainy months [6][7][8][9]. RSV epidemics typically alternate between small, late-season outbreaks and large, early-season outbreaks [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%