Concurrent detection of other respiratory viruses in children shedding viable human respiratory syncytial virus

Six-month to 3-year follow-up of children with acute respiratory infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus

Background and Objective: This study was performed to investigate long-term complications of Respiratory Syncytial Viral infections in patients admitted to Ali Asghar Hospital with acute respiratory infections who presented to follow-up outpatient clinics 6 months to 3 years after discharge, between years 2009 and 2011. Methods: In this retrospective observational study that was performed in a...

Structural and Functional Aspects of Viroporins in Human Respiratory Viruses: Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Coronaviruses

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Children

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is considered the most common viral agent of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children. It is commonly involved in bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants [1,2]. The virus infects the ciliated epithelial cells lining the airways, and their rapid destruction results in the symptoms characteristic of the infection, such as fever, rhinorrhea,...

[Respiratory syncytial virus infection in children].

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory disease in young children in both developing and developed countries. By age 2, nearly all children have been infected by RSV.The clinical manifestations range from mild upper respiratory symptoms to bronchiolitis and pneumonia. First infections are nearly always symptomatic and frequently cause lower respiratory tract ...

Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Children, Yemen

Factors increasing the severity of respiratory infections in developing countries are poorly described. We report factors associated with severe acute respiratory illness in Yemeni children (266 infected with respiratory syncytial virus and 66 with human metapneumovirus). Age, indoor air pollution, and incomplete vaccinations were risk factors and differed from those in industrialized countries.