Longitudinal Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children during and after COVID-19 Pandemic in China: Shifts in Seasonality and Disease Burden.

Longitudinal Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children during and after COVID-19 Pandemic in China: Shifts in Seasonality and Disease Burden.

Publication date: Dec 10, 2025

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) against COVID-19 globally altered RSV seasonality, yet longitudinal evidence on age-specific severity changes remains scarce in China. In this hospital-based surveillance study, 20,305 children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) were enrolled. RSV was detected via RT-PCR across three phases: pre-pandemic (2017-2019), NPIs implementation (2020-2022), and post-NPIs (2023-2024). RSV positivity varied significantly between phases (p 

Concepts Keywords
China Child
Covid Child, Preschool
Pandemic Children
Pcr China
Cost of Illness
COVID-19
COVID-19
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Immune debt
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Pandemics
RSV
SARS-CoV-2
Seasonality
Seasons
Surveillance

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19 Pandemic
disease MESH Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections

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