The Lancet: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) killed more than 100,000 children under 5 globally in 2019

Summary:

• Acute lower respiratory tract infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) contribute substantially to the global burden of child mortality, with RSV accounting for an estimated 50 deaths in children under 5 years of age and 28 in children under 6 months of age na.

  
  

• In 2019, more than 100,000 deaths in children under the age of 5 were attributable to RSV, with nearly half (more than 45,000) occurring in children under 6 months of a.

  
  

• 97% of child deaths from RSV occur in low- and middle-income countri.

  
  

A new study published in The Lancet estimates that in 2019, acute lower respiratory tract infections caused by RSV killed more than 100,000 children under the age of 5 global.

"RSV is the leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections in young children, and our latest estimates show that children 6 months and younger are particularly vulnerable, especially as COVID-19 restrictions are eased around the world and cases have surged, with those born in the past two years Most young children have never been exposed to RSV (and therefore have no immunity to the viru.

The new study's findings are broadly in line with estimates from a previous 2015 study that put 31 million RSV infections in children under the age of 5 each year, resulting in a total of 118,200 deat.

In 2019, there were 33 million events of acute lower respiratory tract infection associated with RSV in children under 5 years of age worldwide, resulting in 6 million hospital admissions, 26,300 hospitalized deaths, and 101,400 RSV-related deaths (including community death.

In 2019, 6 million incidents of acute lower respiratory tract infection associated with RSV occurred in children under 6 months of age worldwi.

According to estimates of in-hospital and overall RSV mortality, globally only 26%, or approximately one quarter of all RSV-related deaths, occur in hospita.

"Our study estimates that three-quarters of RSV deaths occur outside the hospit.

The authors acknowledge some limitations of this stu.

"The impact of these data cannot be underestimated," wrote Tina Hart of Vanderbilt Medical College, who was not involved in the study, in related commen.

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Global, regional and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus in children under 5 years of age in 2019: a systematic analysis

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