{"id":5159,"date":"2023-11-07T19:42:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T01:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=5159"},"modified":"2023-11-07T19:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T01:42:26","slug":"rsv-spike-in-san-francisco-what-to-know-ahead-of-tripledemic-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/11\/07\/rsv-spike-in-san-francisco-what-to-know-ahead-of-tripledemic-season\/","title":{"rendered":"RSV Spike in San Francisco: What To Know Ahead of \u2018Tripledemic\u2019 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/11\/07\/san-francisco-rsv-spike-tripledemic-season\/\">SF Standard<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RSV\u2014or respiratory syncytial virus\u2014is spiking in San Francisco, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/07\/28\/where-covid-rising-california-wastewater\/\">WastewaterSCAN<\/a>&nbsp;data, a program that traces pathogens in municipal sewer treatment plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RSV is a virus that often causes colds and can be severe for infants and older adults, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department monitors wastewater data to help keep track of trends and local case numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New data from WastewaterSCAN shows RSV rising from an August low where no virus\u2014a score of 0\u2014was detected in city sewage to an Oct. 28 high, with a score of over 46 parts per million at the Oceanside plant and around 26 at the Southeast plant. The start of November shows a slight drop in virus detection, but it remains higher than the last rise in September. However, the rise in RSV is still lower than over a similar period last year, when viral loads scored 55ppm by November 2022\u2014rising from 2ppm in August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People with an RSV infection typically display symptoms including a fever, coughing, a runny nose, wheezing and difficulty breathing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple measures offer some of the best ways to slow the spread of RSV. Those can include staying home when sick, wearing a high-quality mask if you are sick or in crowded or indoor areas, covering your coughs and sneezes with a tissue or your shirt sleeve and not your hands, and&nbsp;washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, according to the health department.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SF Standard RSV\u2014or respiratory syncytial virus\u2014is spiking in San Francisco, according to&nbsp;WastewaterSCAN&nbsp;data, a program that traces pathogens in municipal sewer treatment plants. RSV is a virus that often causes colds and can be severe for infants and older adults, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. 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