Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series

• Main Authors: Nienke M Scheltema, MD (Author), Angela Gentile, MD (Author), Florencia Lucion, MD (Author), D James Nokes, PhD (Author), Patrick K Munywoki, PhD (Author), Shabir A Madhi, PhD (Author), Michelle J Groome, PhD (Author), Cheryl Cohen, PhD (Author), Jocelyn Moyes, MD (Author), Kentigern Thorburn, FCPaed (Author), Somsak Thamthitiwat, MD (Author), Hitoshi Oshitani, MD (Author), Socorro P Lupisan, MD (Author), Aubree Gordon, PhD (Author), José F Sánchez, MD (Author), Katherine L O'Brien, MD (Author), Bradford D Gessner, MD (Author), Agustinus Sutanto, MD (Author), Asuncion Mejias, PhD (Author), Octavio Ramilo, MD (Author), Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD (Author), Natasha Halasa, MD (Author), Fernanda de-Paris, PhD (Author), Márcia Rosane Pires (Author), Michael C Spaeder, MD (Author), Bosco A Paes, FRCPC (Author), Eric A F Simões, MD (Author), Ting F Leung, MD (Author), Maria Tereza da Costa Oliveira, PhD (Author), Carla Cecília de Freitas Lázaro Emediato (Author), Quique Bassat, PhD (Author), Warwick Butt, MD (Author), Hsin Chi, MD (Author), Uzma Bashir Aamir, PhD (Author), Asad Ali, MBBS (Author), Marilla G Lucero, PhD (Author), Rodrigo A Fasce, BSc (Author), Olga Lopez, MD (Author), Barbara A Rath, PhD (Author), Fernando P Polack, MD (Author), Jesse Papenburg, MD (Author), Srđan Roglić, MD (Author), Hisato Ito, MD (Author), Edward A Goka, PhD (Author), Diederick E Grobbee, PhD (Author), Harish Nair, PhD (Author), Dr Louis J Bont, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is an important cause of pneumonia mortality in young children. However, clinical data for fatal RSV infection are scarce. We aimed to identify clinical and socioeconomic characteristics of children aged younger than 5 years with RSV-related mo...