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my article on childhood viral respiratory diseases is now out @RoyalSocBio rsb.org.uk/biologist-feat… (delighted to be sandwiched in between a piece on oxylipins and another on latent lepidopterans)🧵 
I highlight the increasing burden of childhood viral respiratory disease on hospital services edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh…
how this demand evaporated during the first lockdown, and what this has taught us about how these viruses spread adc.bmj.com/content/106/9/…
Time for a Bronchiolitis round up courtesy of @UKHSA
[Bronchiolitis is caused by a virus called RSV]
The international data has very interesting implications for us!
Remember you can follow #Bronchstart study data here: beta.microreact.org/project/cTkH24…
@PERUKItweep @MyMicroreact
[Bronchiolitis is caused by a virus called RSV]
The international data has very interesting implications for us!
Remember you can follow #Bronchstart study data here: beta.microreact.org/project/cTkH24…
@PERUKItweep @MyMicroreact
So USA saw a sharp increase for 3-4 weeks followed by a subsequent decrease in detections.
Peak was similar to 2019 season however began in May (c.f. normal September-October).
Increase sustained until early September 2021, a longer peak than the previous year.
Peak was similar to 2019 season however began in May (c.f. normal September-October).
Increase sustained until early September 2021, a longer peak than the previous year.
Canada has had an increase in number of RSV positive tests than usual for the same time period (grey dash is 6 year average)
This is in keeping with decreased immunity (children not exposed in 2020) along with the current increase in social mixing.
This is in keeping with decreased immunity (children not exposed in 2020) along with the current increase in social mixing.
the #BronchSTART study dashboard beta.microreact.org/project/cTkH24… already contains a huge amount of data
and you can see that there have been unusual regional variations in the RSV season this year 🧵 1/n
and you can see that there have been unusual regional variations in the RSV season this year 🧵 1/n
normally the RSV season starts in the urban centres of the NW of England and London at around the same time thorax.bmj.com/content/75/3/2… and spreads to the rest of the country in the following 3 weeks 2/n
this year, like in previous ones, RSV did start (early? late?) in the urban centres of the NW of England and peaked at epidemiological week 30 3/n
