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May 1, 2022The LancetOpen Access

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

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YLYou LiSouthwest UniversityXWXin WangKyushu UniversityDBDianna M. BlauCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

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Implication

Systematic analysis reveals the global burden of respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than five, highlighting the critical need for pediatric preventive interventions.

Key Points

  • To estimate the global, regional, and national disease burden and mortality associated with acute lower respiratory infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children under 5 years of age.
  • Conducted a systematic epidemiological analysis across global, regional, and national surveillance datasets as part of the RESCEU initiative.
  • Evaluated disease burden and healthcare outcomes specifically in children younger than 5 years for the year 2019.
  • Demonstrates a substantial global disease burden from RSV-associated acute lower respiratory tract infections across all evaluated geographical regions.
  • Provides standardized global and national epidemiological baseline estimates to guide future pediatric immunization and therapeutic allocation.

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Li et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d727ca8a0e2c5879befa9ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00478-0
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