RSV Infections Contribute To Burden, Severity Of COVID-19, Increasing Susceptibility And Likelihood Of Hospitalizations, Study Finds

Healio (8/5, Langowska) reports, “RSV infections contribute to the burden and severity of COVID-19, increasing susceptibility and chance for hospitalizations, according to a study.” After conducting a “population-based cohort study” and analyzing participants “for COVID-19 susceptibility,” researchers discovered that “the RSV infection group showed a significantly higher incidence of COVID-19 than the noninfection group with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.11 (95% CI, 1.03-1.2).” The findings were published in the European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.