Burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations among adults aged 60 years or more in Brazil: A retrospective surveillance database analysis (2013–2024)

Bruna Medeiros Gonçalves de Veras; Lessandra Michelin; Julio Croda; Thaís Zamboni Berra; Gustavo Pires-Matheus; Igor Sampietri; Magda Araujo; Rosemeri Maurici da Silva; Adriana Guzmán-Holst

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0357303

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Burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations among adults aged 60 years or more in Brazil: A retrospective surveillance database analysis (2013–2024)

Bruna Medeiros Gonçalves de Veras,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lessandra Michelin,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Julio Croda,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Thaís Zamboni Berra,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation IQVIA, São Paulo, Brazil
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Gustavo Pires-Matheus,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation IQVIA, São Paulo, Brazil
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Igor Sampietri,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Magda Araujo,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Rosemeri Maurici da Silva,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil
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Adriana Guzmán-Holst

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: adriana.x.guzman@gsk.com

Affiliation GSK, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-2541

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Burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations among adults aged 60 years or more in Brazil: A retrospective surveillance database analysis (2013–2024)

Bruna Medeiros Gonçalves de Veras,
Lessandra Michelin,
Julio Croda,
Thaís Zamboni Berra,
Gustavo Pires-Matheus,
Igor Sampietri,
Magda Araujo,
Rosemeri Maurici da Silva,
Adriana Guzmán-Holst

Published: September 18, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0357303

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