Among older adults in Spain, hospitalization rates from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection increases progressively with age and is more likely among people with other health issues and who live in nursing homes, according to a study published in Eurosurveillance. The hospitalization rate varied considerably with age and the presence of risk conditions, with important implications for possible targeted interventions.
This population-based cohort study analysed patient data for adults over the age of 60 years in seasons 2016/17 to 2019/20 obtained through electronic medical records from the region of Navarre in Spain, with RSV hospitalizations being confirmed with PCR testing. The average annual incidence rate of RSV hospitalization was calculated for the pool of the four study periods by…