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Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is a very common virus. It infects half of all children during their first year of life and, by age five, all children will have been infected at least once.(1–3) Respiratory infections caused by RSV are most common during the winter months. While most infections are mild, RSV can cause severe illness in infants who were born prematurely or who have lung problems. Up to half of these infants who become infected need to be hospitalized for breathing difficulty. Some infants get sicker than others because premature infants and infants with serious lung conditions have underdeveloped respiratory and immune systems that are less able to fight infections.
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1. Hall CB. Respiratory syncytial virus. What we now know. Contemp Pediatr. 1993;2–11.
2. Glezen WP, Taber LH, Frank AL, Kasel JA. Risk of primary infection and re-infection with respiratory syncytial virus. Am J Dis Child. 1986;140:543–546.
3. Institute of Medicine Committee on Issues and Priorities for New Vaccine Development. Prospects for immunizing against respiratory syncytial virus. In: New Vaccine Development. Establishing Priorities. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences Press; 1988;1:397–409.
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