2325. Relationship Between Neighborhood Census-Tract-Level Poverty and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in hospitalized Adults in the San Francisco Bay area, CA 2015–2017
Abstract:BackgroundIn the United States, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of admission for adults with respiratory illness. In adults > 50 years of age, it accounts for up to 12% of medically-attended acute respiratory illnesses and has a case fatality proportion of ~6–8%. Poverty can have an important influence on health. Few studies have evaluated the relationship of RSV incidence and poverty level, and no identified studies have evaluated this relationship among adults. We evaluated the incidence… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.