Climate change and the end of the respiratory syncytial virus season.
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Abstract
The seasons associated with laboratory isolation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (for 1981-2004) and RSV-related emergency department admissions (for 1990-2004) ended 3.1 and 2.5 weeks earlier, respectively, per 1 degrees C increase in annual central England temperature (P=.002 and .043, respectively). Climate change may be shortening the RSV season.
Medical subject headings
- Greenhouse Effect
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
- Seasons
- Temperature