Burden of Illness Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza, and Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Infants and Young Children in Ontario, Canada, 2018–2023: A Population-Based Canadian Immunization Research Network Study
RSV remains a major cause of childhood hospitalization. Although COVID-19 appears to be receding, its disease burden as it transitions to endemicity remains to be established. The unprecedented peaks in RSV-related hospital admissions during 2022-2023, together with the return of influenza and ongoing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, underscore the need to strengthen systems for real-time surveillance and to proactively prepare for critical healthcare scenarios.
Authors
- Shaun K. Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9809-0822)
- Astrid Guttmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8177-2253)
- Alejandro Hernandez
- Tiffany Fitzpatrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-6476)
- Sarah C J Jorgensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1333-0378)
- Jeffrey C. Kwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-2046)
- Sarah A. Buchan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-8974)
Institutions
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Marshfield Clinic (US)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae601
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Public Health Agency
- Canada Research Chairs
- University of Toronto
- Canadian Immunization Research Network
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto