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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) caused more than 100,000 deaths in children under age 5 years globally in 2019, according to an analysis published online May 19 in The Lancet. Researchers, led by You Li, PhD, of the School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University in Nanjing, China, ...
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most common causes of lower respiratory tract infection (LRI) in children under 5 years. Most of the available epidemiological information on RSV infection are from developed countries where denominator based studies have been done. We ...
Although most babies have mild illness, almost 80,000 infants are sick enough to be hospitalized with RSV each year in the United States. In children under 5 years of age, RSV accounts for 2.1 million outpatient visits a year. Up until 2020, the yearly onset and peak of RSV was very ...
[5]. Li Y, Wang X, Blau DM, et al. Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis. Lancet 2022; 399: 2047–64. ...
children under 5. Frequent testing can be burdensome and complex. This kit provides a streamlined solution for in vitro qualitative detection of Influenza A, Influenza B, and RSV in nasal, nasopharyngeal, or oropharyngeal swabs.Contact Us
When needed, your child will receive 1 dose every month for 5 months. The first dose is usually given in early November. No vaccine is currently available to prevent RSV infection in children. Do not smoke near your child. Do not let others smoke near your child. Secondhand smoke can ...
Table 1. Current anti-RSV monoclonal antibodies under clinical development. Table 2. Small-molecule compounds inhibit RSV entry. Table 3.Small-molecule compounds targeting the postentry steps of RSV. A multi-center study on ...
The CDC estimates that RSV leads to58,000 to 80,000 hospitalizations and 100 to 300 deathseach year in children under 5 years of age. The high hospitalization rates in the study were not a surprise to Dr. Stanley Spinner, chief medical officer at Texas Children's Pediatrics in Houston. He...