Respiratory syncytial virus: host genetic susceptibility and factors associated with disease severity in a cohort of pediatric patients.
Heloisa Ihle Garcia GiamberardinoAna P O PachecoLuciane A PereiraMaria do Carmo DeburGustavo GeneholdSonia Maria RaboniPublished in: Journal of tropical pediatrics (2022)
This study highlighted the burden of RSV infection in children under 2 years of age, without comorbidities, with a higher need for pediatric ICU admission. Some IL28B allele combinations had a significant association with RSV frequency of infections.