Authors’ response: Atypical age distribution and high disease severity in children with RSV infections during two irregular epidemic seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Wei Cai; Sophie Köndgen; Kristin Tolksdorf; Ralf Dürrwald; Barbara Biere; Walter Haas; Thorsten Wolff; Silke Buda; Janine Reiche

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Authors’ response: Atypical age distribution and high disease severity in children with RSV infections during two irregular epidemic seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Wei Cai¹ , Sophie Köndgen^2,3 , Kristin Tolksdorf¹ , Ralf Dürrwald^2,3 , Barbara Biere³ , Walter Haas¹ , Thorsten Wolff^2,3 , Silke Buda¹ , Janine Reiche^2,3
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Affiliations: ¹ Unit 36, Respiratory Infections, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ² Unit 17, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Consultant Laboratory for RSV, PIV and HMPV, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ³ Unit 17, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Influenza Centre, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Cai Wei, Köndgen Sophie, Tolksdorf Kristin, Dürrwald Ralf, Biere Barbara, Haas Walter, Wolff Thorsten, Buda Silke, Reiche Janine. Authors’ response: Atypical age distribution and high disease severity in children with RSV infections during two irregular epidemic seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Euro Surveill. 2024;29(20):pii=2400282. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.20.2400282 Received: 15 May 2024; Accepted: 16 May 2024

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