Risk and Protective Factors for Infection, Severe Disease, and Mortality in Epidemic Respiratory Viruses - PubMed
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- Post-pandemic resurgence of respiratory viruses due to relaxed measures, waning immunity, and viral evolution.
- Key risk factors include demographics (age, sex, race), genetics, comorbidities, smoking, obesity, and environmental factors like pollution.
- Protective strategies require a combination of universal prevention and virus-specific interventions tailored to transmission dynamics.