Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection as a Cause of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children Younger than 3 Years of Age in Japan

Kaneko, Mitsunobu; Watanabe, Jun; Kuwahara, Masaki; Ueno, Etsushi; Hida, Mariko; Kinoshita, Akitoshi; Sone, Toshio

doi:10.1053/jinf.2002.0981

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“…8%) and were previously healthy. This result is in agreement with those of several studies performed in the last few years in developed countries, reporting that low-risk infants account for between 75 and 98% of RSV-related hospitalizations [5,7,19,25]. Due to its high cost, palivizumab should not be used in the absence of risk factors.…”

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Risk factors for hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus infection among infants in the Basque Country, Spain

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SUMMARYThis study analysed the role of several risk factors for hospitalization due to communityacquired, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. The risk factors detected in infants hospitalized for RSV infection in the first 24 months of life were compared with those in the general infant population in our region. There were 361 episodes of hospitalization in 357 infants. Eighty per cent of the infants did not present underlying conditions for severe RSV infection and only 10 (3 %) were candidates for palivizumab prophylaxis. In multivariate analysis, birthweight of <2500 g was independently associated with hospitalization for RSV infection and was the most commonly detected medical risk factor. Other risk factors were maternal age at delivery <25 years, birth in the second half of the year, prematurity, suburban residence and congenital heart disease. In conclusion, together with well-known risk factors, we found that low birthweight was an independent factor for severe RSV infection.

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Risk factors for hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus infection among infants in the Basque Country, Spain

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“…The current data confirm the presence of RSV in 740 of the 1882 subjects (39.3%) with LRTI, while the previous 1983–1987 investigation of RSV infections identified 141 RSV‐positive cases (44.6%) among 316 inpatients with LRTI 2,12 . A group of Japanese authors found RSV as the cause of LRTI in 47.4% of the youngest patients (those <6 months of age), similar to the present findings 13 …”

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Eleven consecutive years of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in Croatia

Mlinarić‐Galinović

Vilibić-Čavlek

Ljubin‐Sternak

et al. 2009

Pediatrics International

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“…RSV is the most prevalent virus in children of this age in both developed and developing countries 62 63. In the present study, the highest number of positive cases among children younger than 6 months was for RSV (19 cases); however, this result was not statistically significant.…”

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Immunohistochemical assessment of respiratory viruses in necropsy samples from lethal non-pandemic seasonal respiratory infections

Debur

Raboni²,

Flizikowski³

et al. 2010

J Clin Pathol

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Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection as a Cause of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children Younger than 3 Years of Age in Japan

Cited by 28 publications

References 10 publications

Risk factors for hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus infection among infants in the Basque Country, Spain

Risk factors for hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus infection among infants in the Basque Country, Spain

Eleven consecutive years of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in Croatia

Immunohistochemical assessment of respiratory viruses in necropsy samples from lethal non-pandemic seasonal respiratory infections

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