Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection among Hospitalized Infants in Four Middle-Income Countries.
Holly M BiggsEric A F SimõesIlham Abu KhaderMark G ThompsonAubree GordonDanielle R HuntNicholas P DeGrooteRachael M PorterSilvia BinoBasima I MararLionel GreshJoanne de Jesus-CornejoGayle LangleyNatalie J ThornburgTeresa C T PeretBrett WhitakerYange ZhangLijuan WangMira C PatelMeredith McMorrowWilliam CampbellIris HasibraEnkeleda DukaMahmoud Al-GazoJohn T KubaleFelix SanchezMarilla G LuceroVeronica L TalloEduardo Azziz-BaumgartnerArtan SimakuSusan I Gerbernull nullPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2023)
RSV was associated with nearly a third of infant acute illness hospitalizations in four middle-income countries during the respiratory season, where, in addition to young age, factors including low weight-for-age might be important predictors of severity. RSV prevention strategies targeting young infants could substantially reduce RSV-associated hospitalizations in middle-income countries.