Allen L Nazareno1,2, David J Muscatello1, Robin M Turner3, James G Wood1, Hannah C Moore4, Anthony T Newall1. 1. School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 2. Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 3. Biostatistics Centre, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 4. Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza are important causes of disease in children and adults. In Australia, information on the burden of RSV in adults is particularly limited. METHODS: We used time series analysis to estimate respiratory, acute respiratory infection, pneumonia and influenza, and bronchiolitis hospitalisations attributable to RSV and influenza in Australia during 2009 through 2017. RSV and influenza-coded hospitalisations in <5-year-olds were used as proxies for relative weekly viral activity. RESULTS: From 2009 to 2017, the estimated all-age average annual rates of respiratory hospitalisations attributable to RSV and seasonal influenza (excluding 2009) were 54.8 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 20.1, 88.8) and 87.8 (95% CI: 74.5, 97.7) per 100,000, respectively. The highest estimated average annual RSV-attributable respiratory hospitalisation rate per 100,000 was 464.2 (95% CI: 285.9, 641.2) in <5-year-olds. For seasonal influenza, it was 521.6 (95% CI: 420.9, 600.0) in persons aged ≥75 years. In ≥75-year-olds, modelled estimates were approximately eight and two times the coded estimates for RSV and seasonal influenza, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: RSV and influenza are major causes of hospitalisation in young children and older adults in Australia, with morbidity underestimated by hospital diagnosis codes.
BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza are important causes of disease in children and adults. In Australia, information on the burden of RSV in adults is particularly limited. METHODS: We used time series analysis to estimate respiratory, acute respiratory infection, pneumonia and influenza, and bronchiolitis hospitalisations attributable to RSV and influenza in Australia during 2009 through 2017. RSV and influenza-coded hospitalisations in <5-year-olds were used as proxies for relative weekly viral activity. RESULTS: From 2009 to 2017, the estimated all-age average annual rates of respiratory hospitalisations attributable to RSV and seasonal influenza (excluding 2009) were 54.8 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 20.1, 88.8) and 87.8 (95% CI: 74.5, 97.7) per 100,000, respectively. The highest estimated average annual RSV-attributable respiratory hospitalisation rate per 100,000 was 464.2 (95% CI: 285.9, 641.2) in <5-year-olds. For seasonal influenza, it was 521.6 (95% CI: 420.9, 600.0) in persons aged ≥75 years. In ≥75-year-olds, modelled estimates were approximately eight and two times the coded estimates for RSV and seasonal influenza, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: RSV and influenza are major causes of hospitalisation in young children and older adults in Australia, with morbidity underestimated by hospital diagnosis codes.
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