RESPIRIAMO – Italian hospital surveillance for lower respiratory tract infections: a multicenter retrospective cohort study of respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in children under 2 years of age
Elena Bozzola, Emanuela Piccotti, Enza D’Auria, Sandra Trapani, Anna Chiara Vittucci, Francesca Tirelli, Susanna Esposito, Diego Peroni, Antonietta Giannattasio, Giovanni Corsello, Raffaella Nenna, Raffaele Badolato, Alessandra Coscia, Anna Benedetta Del Signore, Alessandra Simonetti, Livia Antilici, Livia Antilici, Federica Attaianese, Paolo Rossi, Marta Ferretti, Daniele Franzone, Michele Ghezzi, Laura Folgori, Vincenzo Guaia, Cecilia Basile, Alessandra Carmignani, Flaminia Ruberti, Roberto Grandinetti, Roberta Forestiero, Laura Dotta, Roberta Ragucci, Emiliano Barbieri, Marco Maglione, Eugenio Baraldi, Silvia Bressan, Domenico Cipolla, Chiara Martorana, Claudia Colomba, Maria Valentina Catania, Claudio Costantino · 2026
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Elena Bozzola and colleagues report Italian hospital surveillance for respiratory syncytial virus in babies hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections. Their 2026 multicenter retrospective study spans twelve pediatric centers and three seasons, from 2018/2019 through 2020/2021. Infants under twenty-four months were sorted by nasopharyngeal test results into RSV-positive and RSV-negative groups.
Of 1,547 infants, 1,263 tested positive, making RSV the overwhelming cause. Positive babies were younger and more often previously healthy, without a family history of atopy. Their course ran harder: two thirds needed oxygen against about forty percent of negative cases in the reported rates. Intensive care admission was also more than three times as common in the positive group. Use of preventive antibody prophylaxis was rare in both groups. The authors present the network as ongoing surveillance for a burden that shifts with changing viral circulation.
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| CREATOR | Elena Bozzola, Emanuela Piccotti, Enza D’Auria, Sandra Trapani, Anna Chiara Vittucci, Francesca Tirelli, Susanna Esposito, Diego Peroni, Antonietta Giannattasio, Giovanni Corsello, Raffaella Nenna, Raffaele Badolato, Alessandra Coscia, Anna Benedetta Del Signore, Alessandra Simonetti, Livia Antilici, Livia Antilici, Federica Attaianese, Paolo Rossi, Marta Ferretti, Daniele Franzone, Michele Ghezzi, Laura Folgori, Vincenzo Guaia, Cecilia Basile, Alessandra Carmignani, Flaminia Ruberti, Roberto Grandinetti, Roberta Forestiero, Laura Dotta, Roberta Ragucci, Emiliano Barbieri, Marco Maglione, Eugenio Baraldi, Silvia Bressan, Domenico Cipolla, Chiara Martorana, Claudia Colomba, Maria Valentina Catania, Claudio Costantino |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28030 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |