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

• Published in: The Lancet global health Vol. 5; no. 10; pp. e984 - e991
• Main Authors: Scheltema, Nienke M, Gentile, Angela, Lucion, Florencia, Nokes, D James, Munywoki, Patrick K, Madhi, Shabir A, Groome, Michelle J, Cohen, Cheryl, Moyes, Jocelyn, Thorburn, Kentigern, Thamthitiwat, Somsak, Oshitani, Hitoshi, Lupisan, Socorro P, Gordon, Aubree, Sánchez, José F, O'Brien, Katherine L, Gessner, Bradford D, Sutanto, Agustinus, Mejias, Asuncion, Ramilo, Octavio, Khuri-Bulos, Najwa, Halasa, Natasha, de-Paris, Fernanda, Pires, Márcia Rosane, Spaeder, Michael C, Paes, Bosco A, Simões, Eric A F, Leung, Ting F, da Costa Oliveira, Maria Tereza, de Freitas Lázaro Emediato, Carla Cecília, Bassat, Quique, Butt, Warwick, Chi, Hsin, Aamir, Uzma Bashir, Ali, Asad, Lucero, Marilla G, Fasce, Rodrigo A, Lopez, Olga, Rath, Barbara A, Polack, Fernando P, Papenburg, Jesse, Roglić, Srđan, Ito, Hisato, Goka, Edward A, Grobbee, Diederick E, Nair, Harish, Bont, Louis J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017; The Lancet Global Health; Elsevier
• Subjects: Child, Preschool; Children; Female; Global Health - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Malalties de l'aparell respiratori; Male; Respiratory organs diseases; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - mortality; Retrospective Studies

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 mortality usin...