The Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Young Children

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Authors

Caroline Breese Hall · University of Rochester

Geoffrey A. Weinberg

Marika K. Iwane · National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Aaron Blumkin

Kathryn M. Edwards · University of Rochester

Mary Allen Staat · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Peggy Auinger

Marie R. Griffin · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Abstract

RSV infection is associated with substantial morbidity in U.S. children in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Most children with RSV infection were previously healthy, suggesting that control strategies targeting only high-risk children will have a limited effect on the total disease burden of RSV infection.

Topics & Keywords

Respiratory viral infections research Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 360, Issue 6, pp. 588-598

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0804877

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