The return of RSV during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fernando Claudio Ferrero María Fabiana OssorioMaria J Rial

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2022)

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations practically disappeared in 2020. Now, with Southern Hemisphere 2021 winter behind us, RSV has returned. Despite it is difficult to weigh the impact of pandemic mitigation measures on common respiratory virus circulation, it appears that acute respiratory infections in children are returning to their usual epidemiology.

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