The rapidly changing landscape of respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis.

Joan L RobinsonJesse Papenburg
Published in: Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada (2023)
The introduction of nirsevimab (a respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] monoclonal antibody that can protect for minimum 5 months with a single dose) and RSV maternal vaccines to protect young infants has the potential to dramatically decrease RSV hospitalizations in Canada. However, there remain many unanswered questions before optimal use of these products can be assured.