Estimation of the number of RSV-associated hospitalisations in adults in the European Union.

Our estimates of RSV-associated hospitalisations in adults are the first analysis integrating available data to provide the disease burden across the EU. Importantly, for a condition considered in the past to be primarily a disease of young children, the average annual hospitalisation estimate in adults was lower but of a similar magnitude to the estimate in young children(0-4years): 158229 (140865-175592) versus 245244 (224688-265799).