RSV-NET Surveillance
About RSV-NET
The Connecticut EIP's RSV-NET team conducts surveillance for severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections. Our staff work with the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CTDPH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and local hospitals to conduct surveillance among residents of southern Connecticut. Together with other RSV-NET sites, our data provide estimates of RSV severity and seasonality in the US each year.
Why RSV-NET Data Are Important
RSV can cause serious disease that results in thousands of hospitalizations each year in the United States.
Tracking RSV-associated hospitalization rates helps public health professionals understand trends in virus circulation, estimate disease burden, and respond to outbreaks. Hospitalization rates are updated weekly on the RSV-NET Interactive Dashboard. Collecting demographic and more detailed clinical information, including underlying conditions, allows CDC to better understand RSV-associated hospitalization trends and determine who is most at risk.
Hospitalization rates show how many people in the surveillance area are hospitalized with RSV, compared to the total number of people residing in that area.
To learn more, visit the CDC website.
Project Contact:
Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, MPH, CPH
Program Manager, RESP-NET
kimberly.yousey-hindes@yale.edu
Staff:
- Daewi Kim
- Noelle Labozzo
- Ainsley Mackenzie
- Adeline Morris
- Julie Plano
- Hazhia Sorosindi
- Melanie Szahaj
- Emily Zmek
Recent RSV-NET Publications
- Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Hospitalizations in US Adults, October 2016 to September 2023.Havers FP, Whitaker M, Melgar M, Pham H, Chai SJ, Austin E, Meek J, Openo KP, Ryan PA, Brown C, Como-Sabetti K, Sosin DM, Barney G, Tesini BL, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Chatelain R, Daily Kirley P, Armistead I, Yousey-Hindes K, Monroe ML, Tellez Nunez V, Lynfield R, Esquibel CL, Engesser K, Popham K, Novak A, Schaffner W, Markus TM, Swain A, Patton ME, Kim L. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 4; 2024 Nov 4. PMID: 39535791.
- Acute Cardiac Events in Hospitalized Older Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.Woodruff RC, Melgar M, Pham H, Sperling LS, Loustalot F, Kirley PD, Austin E, Yousey-Hindes K, Openo KP, Ryan P, Brown C, Lynfield R, Davis SS, Barney G, Tesini B, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Zahid H, Kim L, Havers FP. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Jun 1. PMID: 38619857.
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Pregnant Women Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Respiratory Syncytial Virus Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Milucky J, Patel K, Patton ME, Kirley PD, Austin E, Meek J, Anderson EJ, Brooks A, Brown C, Mumm E, Salazar-Sanchez Y, Barney G, Popham K, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Crossland MT, Havers FP. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Mar; 2024 Jan 31. PMID: 38524226.
- Characteristics and Outcomes Among Adults Aged ≥60 Years Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Respiratory Syncytial Virus - RSV-NET, 12 States, July 2022-June 2023.Havers FP, Whitaker M, Melgar M, Chatwani B, Chai SJ, Alden NB, Meek J, Openo KP, Ryan PA, Kim S, Lynfield R, Shaw YP, Barney G, Tesini BL, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Olsen KP, Patton ME. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023 Oct 6; 2023 Oct 6. PMID: 37796742.
- Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1-30, 2020.Garg S, Kim L, Whitaker M, O'Halloran A, Cummings C, Holstein R, Prill M, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Yousey-Hindes K, Niccolai L, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan P, Henderson J, Kim S, Como-Sabetti K, Lynfield R, Sosin D, Torres S, Muse A, Bennett NM, Billing L, Sutton M, West N, Schaffner W, Talbot HK, Aquino C, George A, Budd A, Brammer L, Langley G, Hall AJ, Fry A. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Apr 17; 2020 Apr 17. PMID: 32298251.