Two-Year Periodicity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemics in Switzerland
InfectionPublished 1 March 2003Open access
Andrea Duppenthaler, Meri Gorgievski-Hrisoho, Urs Frey, Christoph Aebi
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RSV epidemiology in Switzerland is characterized by fixed biannual variation, in the absence of active RSV surveillance, which is useful for scheduling RSV prophylaxis and for hospital resources management.
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RSV epidemiology in Switzerland is characterized by fixed biannual variation. In the absence of active RSV surveillance, such periodicity is useful for scheduling RSV prophylaxis and for hospital resources management.
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