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- Title
Brief Report: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Activity--United States, 2004-2005.
- Authors
Felton, K. J.; Fry, A. M.; Anderson, L. J.
- Abstract
The article discusses respiratory synctial virus (RSV) in the United States, a condition that causes lower respiratory tract infections in children and can cause severe disease or death in older people. The RSV activity in this study was reported to the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System and covered the period of July 2004-June 2005. Data shows that RSV activity was highest for the South and Northeast during December, for the West during January, and for the Midwest during February. Regional detection of RSV indicates it occurred first in the South, then later in the Northeast, the West, and the Midwest. Infection control measures include immune prophylaxis with humanized murine anti-RSV monoclonal antibody.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RESPIRATORY syncytial virus; IMMUNIZATION; RESPIRATORY infections in children; THERAPEUTIC use of monoclonal antibodies; RESPIRATORY infections in old age; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; MEDICAL research; COMMUNICABLE disease immunology; PUBLIC health surveillance; RESEARCH methodology
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2006, Vol 295, Issue 3, p267
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.295.3.267