Open AccessWHEEZE ASSOCIATED RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION AND ITS PREVENTION
Author(s) -
A Thaplial,
U Ramachandran
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.855
Subject(s) - medicine , wheeze , respiratory system , virus , respiratory infection , virology , immunology , intensive care medicine , pediatrics
Wheeze associated respiratory infection is an important cause of morbidity andmortality in both the developed and the developing worlds. The commonest causativeagent is the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Lower respiratory infection with thisvirus is assuming great proportions and hence much work is being done to find a cureor at least a suitable vaccine that will be available to everyone even in the poorercountries. This article reviews the latest literature and attempts to set out someguidelines to help inreduction of the problems associated with lower respiratoryinfection caused by RSV in developing countries.Key Words : Lower respiratory infection, Respiratory Syncytial Virus.