Severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in children: burden, management, and emerging therapies

NI Mazur, MT Caballero, MC Nunes - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
The global burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)
in young children is high. The RSV prevention strategies approved in 2023 will be essential …

The burden of respiratory viruses and their prevalence in different geographical regions of India: 1970–2020

R Waghmode, S Jadhav, V Nema - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As per the 2019 report of the National Health Portal of India, 41,996,260 cases and 3,740
deaths from respiratory infections were recorded across India in 2018. India contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory syncytial virus seasonality, Beijing, China, 2007–2015

J Yu, C Liu, Y Xiao, Z Xiang, H Zhou… - Emerging infectious …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract During July 2007–June 2015, we enrolled 4,225 hospitalized children with
pneumonia in a study to determine the seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) …

Respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalisation in children aged≤ 5 years: a scoping review of literature from 2009 to 2021

M Noble, RA Khan, B Walker, E Bennett… - ERJ Open …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction Following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in many countries, a surge in
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalisations was reported, surpassing yearly trends pre …

Systematic literature review of the signs and symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus

A Colosia, J Costello, K McQuarrie… - Influenza and other …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for over 30 million lower respiratory tract
infections (LRTIs) and 3 million hospitalizations worldwide each year. Despite the risk RSV …

Clinical characteristics, predictors, and performance of case definition—Interim results from the WHO global respiratory syncytial virus surveillance pilot

S Hirve, N Crawford, R Palekar… - Influenza and other …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The lack of a uniform surveillance case definition poses a challenge to
characterize the epidemiology, clinical features, and disease burden of the respiratory …

World Health Organization influenza-like illness underestimates the burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in community-dwelling older adults

K Korsten, N Adriaenssens, S Coenen… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance is heavily dependent on the
influenza-like illness (ILI) case definition from the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Leveraging the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System for global respiratory syncytial virus surveillance—opportunities and challenges

S Broor, H Campbell, S Hirve, S Hague… - Influenza and other …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)‐associated acute lower respiratory infection is
a common cause for hospitalization and hospital deaths in young children globally. There is …

Identifying gaps in respiratory syncytial virus disease epidemiology in the United States prior to the introduction of vaccines

L Kim, B Rha, JS Abramson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes lower respiratory tract illness frequently. No
effective antivirals or vaccines for RSV are approved for use in the United States; however …

Epidemiology and molecular characterization of human respiratory syncytial virus in Senegal after four consecutive years of surveillance, 2012–2015

A Fall, N Dia, EHAK Cisse, DE Kiori, FD Sarr, S Sy… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection remains poorly defined
in Africa. To address this, we carried out a descriptive and retrospective pilot study, with a …