The influence of age-dependent susceptibility on RSV transmission dynamics and immunisation population-level impact
The increased RSV susceptibility in children under 5 years drives higher baseline transmission rates and disease burden in this subgroup, thereby influencing immunisation programme impact and efficiency.
Authors
- X. Q. Li
- Yong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4038-0493)
- Xin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7296-9406)
- Richard Osei-Yeboah
- YuHe Zhang
- Chenkai Zhao
- Harish Nair
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
- Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital (CN)
- Changzhou Third People's Hospital (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04776-1
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00