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RSV to Blame for 1 in 13 Pediatrician Visits
Posted 3+ months ago by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4 – It's called respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a childhood infection that's responsible for one of every 13 visits to a pediatrician, and one of every 38 emergency room trips, a new study found.
What's more, the virus is to blame for inpatient hospital stays for one out of every 334 children. And, it's not just kids with underlying lung disease or immune system deficiencies – the virus strikes healthy children, too. Read more...
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