RSV research is now close to providing solutions to RSV infection

摘要

The discovery of respiratory syncytial virus and the connection between RSV infection and severe respiratory disease in luldren was made over a half-century ago by Bob Chanock and his colleagues. In the intervening decades it has become clear that RSV is a major respiratory pathogen - nearly equal or second only to influenza virus - of infants, children, adults, the elderly and immunosuppressed individuals of all ages