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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults

Antiviral Therapy, 2007
Originally considered as only a paediatric pathogen, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has recently been shown to be a significant cause of respiratory illness among elderly and high-risk adults. Approximately 170,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 deaths associated with RSV occur annually in people over the age of 65 years in the United States. Although
Yoshihiko, Murata, Ann R, Falsey
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections within Families

New England Journal of Medicine, 1976
To examine intrafamily spread of respiratory syncytial virus infections and their associated illnesses, 36 families with 188 members were studied during an outbreak of such infections. Nurses visited every three to four days to obtain specimens for viral isolation and interview household members.
C B, Hall, J M, Geiman, R, Biggar, D I, Kotok, P M, Hogan, G R, Douglas   +5 more
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Pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus infections

European Journal of Pediatrics, 2007
During the winter 2005-2006, all infants
Cécile, Cosnes-Lambe, Josette, Raymond, Martin, Chalumeau, Charlotte, Pons-Catalano, Florence, Moulin, Nathalie, de Suremain, Hélène, Reglier-Poupet, Pierre, Lebon, Claire, Poyart, Dominique, Gendrel   +9 more
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Preventing Pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Pediatric Annals, 2018
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite intense research efforts, safe and effective vaccines have remained elusive. Risk factors for the development of severe disease are well known, and those infants at highest risk are identified to receive RSV prophylaxis in ...
Joseph, Domachowske, Jodi, Halczyn, Cynthia A, Bonville   +2 more
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Management of respiratory syncytial virus infection

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2001
Although bronchiolitis is the most common viral lower respiratory tract infection in infancy and childhood, and the virus responsible (respiratory syncytial virus) was discovered half a century ago, there is no effective treatment available. The antiviral agent ribavirin has not lived up to expectations and should be reserved for selected cases ...
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2011
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an enveloped RNA virus in the Paramyxovirus family, is the most important cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children, accounting for ~100,000 pediatric hospitalizations and 250 deaths annually in the United States.
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Cytokines and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 2005
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a single-stranded negative sense RNA virus in the Paramyxovirus family that is a major cause of morbidity and life-threatening lower respiratory tract disease in infants and young children worldwide. RSV is recognized as a ubiquitous virus having considerable worldwide disease burden.
Ralph A, Tripp, Christine, Oshansky, Rene, Alvarez   +2 more
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Respiratory syncytial virus infections in children

Seminars in Respiratory Infections, 2002
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory disease in young children in both developing and developed countries. By age 2, nearly all children have been infected by RSV.The clinical manifestations range from mild upper respiratory symptoms to bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
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Respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2008
Respiratory syncytial virus has increasingly been recognized as a clinically significant cause of respiratory tract infections in adults, especially among the elderly and the immunocompromised.Advances in molecular diagnostic methods have enabled rapid diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus for clinical and epidemiological studies.
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Respiratory syncytial virus infections

Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 1994
Linda Jonides, Carol Rudy, Sally Walsh
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