Jordan Douglas

Nov 10, 2024 | nature.com | Jordan Douglas |Jing L. Wang |Joep de Ligt |Paul Thomas |Richard Webby |Nigel French | +2 more

AbstractHuman respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute respiratory infection. In 2020, RSV was eliminated from New Zealand due to non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) used to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, in 2021, following a brief quarantine-free travel agreement with Australia, there was a large-scale nationwide outbreak of RSV that led to reported cases more than five-times higher than typical seasonal patterns.