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The analysis is performed on all the hospital discharge records (HDRs) of public and accredited private hospitals corresponding to hospitalizations occurring in the Veneto region (Italy). HDRs are considered if they included at least one of the following ICD9-CM codes: 079.6\u2014Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV); 466.11\u2014acute bronchiolitis due to RSV; and 480.1\u2014pneumonia due to RSV. Total annual cases, sex, and age-specific rates and trends are evaluated. Overall, an increasing trend in the number of hospitalizations due to RSV was observed between 2007 and 2019, with a slight drop in RSV seasons 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. From March 2020 to September 2021, almost no hospitalization was registered, but in the last quarter of 2021, the number of hospitalizations reached its highest value in the series. Our data confirm the preponderance of RSV hospitalizations in infants and young children, the seasonality of RSV hospitalizations, and acute bronchiolitis as the most frequent diagnosis. Interestingly, the data also show the existence of a significant burden of disease and a non-negligible number of deaths also in older adults. The present study confirms RSV is associated with high rates of hospitalization in infants and sheds light on the burden in the 70+ age group in which a considerable number of deaths was observed, as well as the parallelism with other countries, which is consistent with a wide underdiagnoses issue.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20054565","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,6]],"date-time":"2023-03-06T03:22:05Z","timestamp":1678072925000},"page":"4565","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Veneto Region: Analysis of Hospital Discharge Records from 2007 to 2021"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3801-0901","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Silvia","family":"Cocchio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gian Marco","family":"Prandi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patrizia","family":"Furlan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Venturato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2235-1325","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mario","family":"Saia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cAzienda Zero\u201d of Veneto Region, 35100 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1028-8119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Marcon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cAzienda Zero\u201d of Veneto Region, 35100 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3247-0982","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giulia","family":"Tremolada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6012-9453","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Baldo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Barbati, F., Moriondo, M., Pisano, L., Calistri, E., Lodi, L., Ricci, S., Giovannini, M., Canessa, C., Indolfi, G., and Azzari, C. 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