Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Surveillance and research Main navigation What we do Surveillance and research COVID-19 PIMS-TS Acute childhood encephalitis Acute flaccid paralysis Febrile seizures Gram-negative blood stream infections Influenza Intussusception Invasive group A streptococcus disease Invasive meningococcal disease Kawasaki disease Pertussis Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Paediatric RSV in Australia Social research Varicella and herpes zoster Paediatric COVID-19 serosurveillance Principal investigatorsProfessor Christopher Blyth and Dr Ushma WadiaRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most burdensome respiratory virus in children aged under 5 years in Australia and globally. It is the most common cause of hospitalisation in children aged under 1 year in Australia. From 2023, new preventive interventions (vaccines and monoclonal antibodies) have been licensed for use in Australia and are changing the epidemiology of RSV.PAEDS is further building on its collaboration with the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN), led by Professor Allen Cheng, to undertake RSV surveillance to collect enhanced clinical data for all children who present to our PAEDS sites with RSV infection. The purpose of RSV surveillance is to understand the incidence and severity of hospitalised disease and monitor the impact of new prevention tools. RSV surveillance is funded by the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care.Click on the tile below to view the latest paediatric RSV case data. Paediatric RSV in Australia View the latest paediatric RSV data Surveillance and research Main navigation What we do Surveillance and research COVID-19 PIMS-TS Acute childhood encephalitis Acute flaccid paralysis Febrile seizures Gram-negative blood stream infections Influenza Intussusception Invasive group A streptococcus disease Invasive meningococcal disease Kawasaki disease Pertussis Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Paediatric RSV in Australia Social research Varicella and herpes zoster Paediatric COVID-19 serosurveillance News & events All news & events 25 August 2023 | News PAEDS network provides crucial data on Strep A infections in Australia 03 November 2022 | News At least two thirds of Australians, including children and adolescents, have had COVID-19, two national antibody studies find 12 October 2022 | News Lower risk of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in Aussie kids with Omicron COVID-19 variant 11 August 2022 | News PAEDS provides important data on COVID-19 in children during the 2021 Delta outbreak