Mazur, Natalie I; Löwensteyn, Yvette N; Willemsen, Joukje E; Gill, Christopher J; Forman, Leah; Mwananyanda, Lawrence M; Blau, Dianna M; Breiman, Robert F; Madhi, Shabir A; Mahtab, Sana; +20 more... Gurley, Emily S; El Arifeen, Shams; Assefa, Nega; Scott, J Anthony G; Onyango, Dickens; Tippet Barr, Beth A; Kotloff, Karen L; Sow, Samba O; Mandomando, Inacio; Ogbuanu, Ikechukwu; Jambai, Amara; Bassat, Quique; CHAMPS Network the RSV GOLD Study Group; Caballero, Mauricio T; Polack, Fernando P; Omer, Saad; Kazi, Abdul Momin; Simões, Eric AF; Satav, Ashish; Bont, Louis J; (2021) Global Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Infant Community Deaths. Clinical infectious diseases, 73 (Suppl_). S229-S237. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab528
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of pediatric death, with >99% of mortality occurring in low- and lower middle-income countries. At least half of RSV-related deaths are estimated to occur in the community, but clinical characteristics of this group of children remain poorly characterized. METHODS: The RSV Global Online Mortality Database (RSV GOLD), a global registry of under-5 children who have died with RSV-related illness, describes clinical characteristics of children dying of RSV through global data sharing. RSV GOLD acts as a collaborative platform for global deaths, including community mortality studies described in this supplement. We aimed to compare the age distribution of infant deaths <6 months occurring in the community with in-hospital. RESULTS: We studied 829 RSV-related deaths <1 year of age from 38 developing countries, including 166 community deaths from 12 countries. There were 629 deaths that occurred <6 months, of which 156 (25%) occurred in the community. Among infants who died before 6 months of age, median age at death in the community (1.5 months; IQR: 0.8-3.3) was lower than in-hospital (2.4 months; IQR: 1.5-4.0; P < .0001). The proportion of neonatal deaths was higher in the community (29%, 46/156) than in-hospital (12%, 57/473, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: We observed that children in the community die at a younger age. We expect that maternal vaccination or immunoprophylaxis against RSV will have a larger impact on RSV-related mortality in the community than in-hospital. This case series of RSV-related community deaths, made possible through global data sharing, allowed us to assess the potential impact of future RSV vaccines.
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
PubMed ID | 34472576 |
Elements ID | 166026 |
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