{
  "abstract": "Many Australian states experienced unpredictable patterns of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the profile of children with severe RSV infections and changes in the pandemic era may inform RSV prevention programmes. While we previously described the out-of-season surge of RSV infections on relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)1 and predictors of severe RSV in the pre-pandemic era,2 this paper includes additional data and secondary analysis. The aims of this study were to describe the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on (1) the epidemiology of RSV infections, (2) the clinical profile and (3) the severity of children hospitalised with RSV infections in a single paediatric hospital in Melbourne, Australia.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Jane Tuckerman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Jeremy Anderson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Annette Alafaci"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Paul V Licciardi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Royal Children’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Andrew Steer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Ian Barr"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Royal Children’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Nigel W Crawford"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Royal Children’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Danielle Wurzel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [],
      "name": "RCH RSV Research Group"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Epidemiology and clinical profile of paediatric RSV infections: insights from a 6-year Australian cohort study",
  "uid": "e250bf68-41d8-5ad4-a959-9fca24772eb5"
}