Epidemiology and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Italy

• Main Authors: Chiara Azzari (Author), Eugenio Baraldi (Author), Paolo Bonanni (Author), Elena Bozzola (Author), Alessandra Coscia (Author), Marcello Lanari (Author), Paolo Manzoni (Author), Teresa Mazzone (Author), Fabrizio Sandri (Author), Giovanni Checcucci Lisi (Author), Salvatore Parisi (Author), Giorgio Piacentini (Author), Fabio Mosca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading global cause of respiratory infections in infants and the second most frequent cause of death during the first year of life. This highly contagious seasonal virus is responsible for approximately 3 million hospitalizations and 120,000 deaths...