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. 2021 Sep 2;73(Suppl_3):S177-S179.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab486.

Assessing the Full Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Young Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Importance of Community Mortality Studies

Padmini Srikantiah  1 , Prachi Vora  1 , Keith P Klugman  1
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Assessing the Full Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Young Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Importance of Community Mortality Studies

Padmini Srikantiah et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supported respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) mortality surveillance studies in several low- and middle-income countries to address the striking gap in community mortality burden data from these geographies. The compelling findings generated from these studies reveal a high unmeasured burden of community RSV mortality, particularly among infants aged <6 months who are the target population for RSV immunization products currently in late-stage clinical development. These findings should inform revised global RSV mortality estimates and inform policy decisions on RSV vaccine financing and prioritization at the global and national levels.

Keywords: burden; community mortality; respiratory syncytial virus.

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