The Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Undertesting on Estimates of Disease Burden and Vaccine Effectiveness in a Large Integrated Healthcare System
Abstract Background Infrequent standard-of-care (SOC) testing for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults with acute respiratory illness (ARI) contributes to underestimated disease burden. Methods We compared RSV prevalence and RSV vaccine effectiveness (VE) among 14 044 adults ≥60 years with ARI emergency departme...