Wastewater-based surveillance identifies start to the pediatric respiratory syncytial virus season in two cities in Ontario, Canada

• Main Authors: Elisabeth Mercier (Author), Lakshmi Pisharody (Author), Fiona Guy (Author), Shen Wan (Author), Nada Hegazy (Author), Patrick M. D'Aoust (Author), Md Pervez Kabir (Author), Tram Bich Nguyen (Author), Walaa Eid (Author), Bart Harvey (Author), Erin Rodenburg (Author), Candy Rutherford (Author), Alex E. Mackenzie (Author), Jacqueline Willmore (Author), Charles Hui (Author), Bosco Paes (Author), Robert Delatolla (Author), Nisha Thampi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionDetection of community respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections informs the timing of immunoprophylaxis programs and hospital preparedness for surging pediatric volumes. In many jurisdictions, this relies upon RSV clinical test positivity and hospitalization (RSVH) trends, which are...