Characteristics and outcomes of adult patients hospitalised with RSV infection, influenza or COVID-19 in Belgium, winter seasons 2023/24 and 2024/25
Yves Lafort, Cato Dambre, Yinthe Dockx, Anna Parys, Xavier Holemans, Marie-Pierre Parsy, Nicolas Dauby, Marijke Reynders, Marc Bourgeois, Arne Witdouck, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Eva Bernaert, Koen Magerman, Laura Cornelissen, Laurane De Mot · 2026
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Yves Lafort and co-authors compare adults hospitalized with RSV, flu, and COVID-19 in Belgium across two winters, in a 2026 study. All three viruses fill wards each season, and vaccine policy needs to know who fares worst with each. Nine sentinel hospitals contributed nearly three thousand laboratory-confirmed cases from the last two winter seasons.
Flu patients were the largest group and, on average, younger with fewer other illnesses. RSV and COVID-19 patients were older, carried more chronic conditions, and made up about a fifth of cases each. The team compared complications and outcomes, and split every result by age band. The point is practical: if RSV hits the oldest and sickest hardest, vaccine campaigns can aim there first, and hospitals can plan beds around each virus's typical patient.
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| CREATOR | Yves Lafort, Cato Dambre, Yinthe Dockx, Anna Parys, Xavier Holemans, Marie-Pierre Parsy, Nicolas Dauby, Marijke Reynders, Marc Bourgeois, Arne Witdouck, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Eva Bernaert, Koen Magerman, Laura Cornelissen, Laurane De Mot |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |