Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study
Löwensteyn Y, Zheng Z, Rave N, Bannier M, Billard M, Casalegno J, Pitzer V, Wildenbeest J, Weinberger D, Bont L, Putten M, Smit-Kleinlugtenbeld E, Peetsold M, van der Kuip M, van Goudoever H, van Keulen B, Boot A, Kloos R, van Gool S, Snepvangers Y, Kuijpers A, Menelik N, de Crom S, Miedema C, Tusscher G, van Giessen J, de Moor R, Faber M, Breukels M, Jaddoe V, Duijts L, Lutterman C, Vink I, Tramper-Stranders G, Oudshoorn A, Ritman A, Dubbink-Verheij G, Bolt J, Cakir C, Rietveld E, Bekhof J, Rings E, de Swart J, Driessen G, Doedens R, Nijssen L, van Onzenoort-Bokken L, Meijneke R, van Scherpenzeel M, Faber T, de Groof F, Schouten S, van de Zande J, de Coul M, Henriet S, Stol K, van Rossem M, Jacobs M, van Houten M, Zuurbier R, Plötz F, de Vries A, van der Heide R, van Boekholt A, de Jong G, Rashid A, Roelofs M, Illy K, Reijmerink N, van Dorth S, Schipper S, Rosias P, Teirlinck A. Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2023, 228: 1394-1399. PMID: 37477906, PMCID: PMC10640768, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for unravelling the causative association between respiratory viruses and pneumococcus-associated disease in young children: a prospective study
Dagan R, van der Beek B, Ben-Shimol S, Greenberg D, Shemer-Avni Y, Weinberger D, Danino D. The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for unravelling the causative association between respiratory viruses and pneumococcus-associated disease in young children: a prospective study. EBioMedicine 2023, 90: 104493. PMID: 36857965, PMCID: PMC9970381, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired alveolar pneumoniaLower respiratory infectionsRespiratory syncytial virusInvasive pneumococcal diseaseHuman metapneumovirusDisease endpointsPneumococcal diseaseRespiratory virusesProspective studyNasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriagePneumococcal bacteremic pneumoniaProspective surveillance programRespiratory virus activityCommon respiratory virusesPneumococcal carriage prevalenceBurden of diseaseDifferent clinical endpointsYoung childrenCOVID-19 pandemicProportion of testsAlveolar pneumoniaBacteremic pneumoniaPneumococcal carriageRespiratory infectionsCarriage prevalence