Aetiology of acute respiratory infection in preschool children requiring hospitalisation in Europe-results from the PED-MERMAIDS multicentre case-control study.
Malte Kohns VasconcelosKatherine LoensLouise SigfridElias IosifidisCristina EpalzaDaniele DonàVeerle MatheeussenSavvas PapachristouEmmanuel RoilidesManuel GijonPablo RojoChiara MinottiLiviana Da DaltSamsul IslamJessica JarvisAggeliki SyggelouMaria TsoliaMaggie Nyirenda Nyang'waSophie KeersHanna RenkAnna-Lena GemmelCarmen D'AmoreMarta Ciofi Degli AttiCarmen Rodríguez-Tenreiro SánchezFederico Martinón-TorresSigita BurokienėTessa GoetghebuerVana SpoulouAndrew RiordanCristina CalvoDespoina GkentziMarkus HufnagelPeter J OpenshawMenno D de JongMarion KoopmansHerman GoossensMargareta IevenPieter L A FraaijCarlo GiaquintoJulia A BielickiPeter HorbyMichael SharlandPublished in: BMJ open respiratory research (2021)
RSV is the predominant cause of ARI hospitalisations in young children in Europe and its detection, as well as detection of influenza virus, PIV or metapneumovirus, on NP swabs can establish aetiology with high probability. PAFs for RSV and influenza virus are highly seasonal and age dependent.