Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: An Illness for All Ages
Department
Medicine
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Clinics In Chest Medicine
Abstract
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the single most important cause of severe respiratory infection in very young infants. It has also been recently recognized as a significant cause of severe illness in elderly adults, those with underlying cardiopulmonary disease, and the immunocompromised. RSV is suspected of playing a major role in the development of asthma. Prophylaxis in high-risk infants using a monoclonal antibody is the only effective specific therapy available but recent breakthroughs in vaccine design and antiviral drugs offer the promise of effective prophylactic and therapeutic agents against RSV.
First Page
29
Last Page
36
DOI
10.1016/j.ccm.2016.11.010
Volume
38
Issue
1
Publication Date
3-1-2017
Medical Subject Headings
Adolescent; Adult; Antiviral Agents (therapeutic use); Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections (diagnosis, pathology); Young Adult
PubMed ID
28159159
Recommended Citation
Walsh, E. E. (2017). Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: An Illness for All Ages. Clinics In Chest Medicine, 38 (1), 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2016.11.010