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cord-306480-wgl4zrnb	Subissi, Lorenzo	Capturing respiratory syncytial virus season in Belgium using the influenza severe acute respiratory infection surveillance network, season 2018/19	2020-10-01		.txt	text/plain	4135	187	48	BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of severe respiratory illness in young children (< 5 years old) and older adults (≥ 65 years old) leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to recommend the implementation of a dedicated surveillance in countries. AIM: We tested the capacity of the severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) hospital network to contribute to RSV surveillance in Belgium. CONCLUSION: With only marginal modifications in the case definition and the period of surveillance, the Belgian SARI network would be able to substantially contribute to RSV surveillance and burden evaluation in children and older adults, the two groups of particular interest for WHO. Nevertheless, the SARI case definition we used, even with a less strict fever criterion, allowed to follow RSV circulation in the children population aged < 5 years and to identify comorbidities/indicators potentially associated with disease severity.	./cache/cord-306480-wgl4zrnb.txt	./txt/cord-306480-wgl4zrnb.txt