The return of RSV during the COVID-19 pandemic

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations practically disappeared in 2020. Now, with Southern Hemisphere 2021 winter behind us, RSV has returned. Despite it is difficult to weigh the impact of pandemic mitigation measures on common respiratory virus circulation, it appears that acute respiratory infections in children are returning to their usual epidemiology

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RSV hospitalizations declined in 2020 due to the pandemic, but it has now returned with the end of the Southern Hemisphere 2021 winter. The impact of pandemic mitigation measures on respiratory virus circulation is difficult to determine, but acute respiratory infections in children are returning to their normal epidemiology.