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. 2022 Aug 15;226(Suppl 2):S143-S147.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac211.

The Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Disease in Infants in the United States: A Synthesis

Eric A F Simões  1   2
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The Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Disease in Infants in the United States: A Synthesis

Eric A F Simões. J Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: costs; epidemiology; hospitalization; mortality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. E. A. F. S. reports the following: grants and consulting fees to the institution from Merck & Co. and Pfizer Inc; grants to the institution from Astra Zeneca Inc., Roche Pharmaceuticals, and Johnson and Johnson; consulting fees to the institution from Sanofi, Cidara Therapeutics, Adiago Therapeutics Inc, and Nuance Pharmaceuticals; manuscript writing support from Sanofi and Astra Zeneca Inc.; support for attending a meeting at Astra Zeneca Inc. and participation on a Data and Safety Monitoring Board from Abbvie Inc., GlaxoSmithKline plc, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, all outside the submitted work. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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