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letter . 2021 Mar 18:ciab240. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab240
Changing Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Australia - delayed re-emergence in Victoria compared to WA/NSW after prolonged lock-down for COVID-19
Sarah McNab
1,2,3,1,✉, Lien Anh Ha Do
1,2,1, Vanessa Clifford
1,2,3, Nigel W Crawford
1,2,3, Andrew Daley
1,2,3, Kim Mulholland
1,2,4, Daryl Cheng
1,2,3, Mike South
1,2,3, Greg Waller
3, Ian Barr
5,6, Danielle Wurzel
1,2,3,7
Sarah McNab
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Lien Anh Ha Do
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Vanessa Clifford
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Nigel W Crawford
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Andrew Daley
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Kim Mulholland
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
4
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Daryl Cheng
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Mike South
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Ian Barr
5
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, VIDRL, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia
6
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Danielle Wurzel
1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
7
School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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1
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
3
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
4
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
5
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, VIDRL, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia
6
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
7
School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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equal contribution as first author
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Corresponding author: Dr Sarah McNab, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia, sarah.mcnab@rch.org.au
Received 2021 Mar 6.
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