Respiratory syncytial virus: old challenges and new approaches

Pediatr Ann. 2005 Jan;34(1):62-8. doi: 10.3928/0090-4481-20050101-14.

Abstract

Better therapies and prevention strategies are needed to decrease the burden of acute RSV disease in all age populations worldwide. Furthermore, we can hypothesize that those improved measures also would likely have an effect on the chronic consequences of RSV infection in children and will reduce the incidence of recurrent wheezing and persistent pulmonary function abnormalities caused by RSV LRIs.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Palivizumab
  • Pediatrics / methods*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / drug therapy
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / microbiology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / pathogenicity
  • Risk Factors
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines
  • Palivizumab