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Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

Ting Shi, +138 more
- 02 Sep 2017 - 
- Vol. 390, Iss: 10098, pp 946-958
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In this paper, the authors estimated the incidence and hospital admission rate of RSV-associated acute lower respiratory infection (RSV-ALRI) in children younger than 5 years stratified by age and World Bank income regions.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2017-09-02 and is currently open access. It has received 1470 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Disease burden & Case fatality rate.

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- 24 Jun 2022 - 
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors conducted multiseason regression analysis of weekly hospitalizations with respiratory infection and weekly laboratory-confirmed cases of RSV and influenza as covariates, based on national health registers and laboratory databases across 6 European countries.
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Respiratory Syncityal Virus A and B: three bronchiolitis seasons in a third level hospital in Italy.

Claudia Ciarlitto, +7 more
- 28 Aug 2019 - 
TL;DR: While there are no differences in severity between RSV A and B in term population, RSV-A is prevalent and causes most of the severe cases in the premature group, and the importance of implementing prophylaxis measures against RSV is emphasized.
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Pneumonia in children admitted to the national referral hospital in Bhutan: A prospective cohort study.

Sophie Jullien, +9 more
- 10 Apr 2020 - 
TL;DR: Respiratory viral infections predominated among this cohort of WHO-defined clinical pneumonia cases, whereas bacterial aetiologies were uncommon, highlighting the epidemiologic transition that Bhutan seems to have reached.
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Pregnant women's knowledge and attitude to maternal vaccination including group B streptococcus and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines.

Michelle L. Giles, +3 more
- 16 Oct 2019 - 
TL;DR: The enormous amount of work that needs to be done in educating pregnant women about the seriousness of these two diseases if a future vaccine is ever to be accepted and high coverage achieved among the target population is highlighted.
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Antibody Responses to Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Cross-Sectional Serosurveillance Study in the Dutch Population Focusing on Infants Younger Than 2 Years.

Guy A. M. Berbers, +4 more
- 15 Jul 2021 - 
TL;DR: RSV-IgG antibody patterns throughout life can be used to estimate the degree of immunity acquisition to RSV and to identify groups at increased risk of infection.
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Haidong Wang, +844 more
- 08 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study provides a comprehensive assessment of all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1980 to 2015, finding several countries in sub-Saharan Africa had very large gains in life expectancy, rebounding from an era of exceedingly high loss of life due to HIV/AIDS.
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Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000-13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic analysis.

Lei Liu, +8 more
- 31 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: The authors' projection results provide concrete examples of how the distribution of child causes of deaths could look in 15-20 years to inform priority setting in the post-2015 era.
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Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Harish Nair, +24 more
- 01 May 2010 - 
TL;DR: Mortality data suggest that RSV is an important cause of death in childhood from ALRI, after pneumococcal pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae type b, and the development of novel prevention and treatment strategies should be accelerated as a priority.
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