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We compare the morbidity of SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 with RSV among hospitalised children under 2\u2009years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a retrospective, cross\u2010sectional, single\u2010centre study. All children under 24\u2009months, admitted to a quaternary children's hospital in Queensland from January 2021 to December 2022 with SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 or RSV infection, were included. Demographics, oxygen therapy, antibiotic usage and length of stay were compared.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 639 children, 175 had SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 and 465 had RSV. Proportionally more children with SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 had medical co\u2010morbidity compared to RSV (25.1% vs. 12.1%,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u20090.001), but there was no significant difference in other demographics. Children with RSV had significantly higher rates of oxygen therapy at admission (25.9% vs. 6.5%,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u20090.001), during admission (61% vs. 15.7%,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u20090.001), and a longer duration of stay (3 vs. 2\u2009days,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u2009=<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u20090.002). Antibiotics were prescribed more often in SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 (40% vs. 30.2%,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u2009=<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u20090.018).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>RSV infection in children under 2\u2009years of age was associated with a more severe respiratory illness course than SARS\u2010CoV\u20102. These findings are relevant to policy regarding RSV and SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 immunisation in young children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jpc.70229","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,8]],"date-time":"2025-11-08T12:12:41Z","timestamp":1762603961000},"page":"35-41","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Comparing Morbidity of Infants Hospitalised With\n                    <scp>RSV<\/scp>\n                    or\u00a0\n                    <scp>SARS<\/scp>\n                    \u2010\n                    <scp>COV<\/scp>\n                    \u20102"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"62","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-8849-7629","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Belinda","family":"Tran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Queensland Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland  Brisbane Australia"},{"name":"The University of Queensland  Brisbane Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chia\u2010Han","family":"Yeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal North Shore Hospital  Sydney Australia"},{"name":"The University of Sydney  Sydney Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ian","family":"Barr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity University of Melbourne  Melbourne Australia"},{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Melbourne  Melbourne Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philip N.","family":"Britton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Children's Hospital Network at Westmead  Sydney Australia"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health and Sydney Infectious Diseases University of Sydney  Sydney Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia E.","family":"Clark","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Queensland Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland  Brisbane Australia"},{"name":"The University of Queensland  Brisbane Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_12_2_1","unstructured":"UNICEF Child Mortality and COVID\u201019 [Internet] 2023 https:\/\/data.unicef.org\/topic\/child\u2010survival\/covid\u201019\/."},{"key":"e_1_2_12_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/QCO.0000000000000952"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(22)00478-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11237088"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/infdis\/jiac052"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cmi.2016.05.022"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_8_1","unstructured":"The jamovi project Jamovi (Version 1.6). 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