Advancing Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) prevention in Latin America: updated recommendations from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of Latin America (SLIPE) expert group on RSV prevention

María L Ávila-Agüero^{1

2}, Roberto Debbag³, Helena Brenes-Chacón¹, Jose Brea-Del Castillo⁴, Luiza H Falleiros-Arlant⁵, Alejandra Soriano-Fallas¹, Carlos N Torres Martínez⁶, Lourdes Dueñas⁷, Abiel H Mascareñas-de Los Santos⁸, Pio Lopez⁹, Mónica Pujadas¹⁰, Juan P Torres¹¹, Xavier Sáez-Llorens¹², Angela Gentile¹³

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¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division, Hospital Nacional de Niños 'Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera', Centro de Ciencias Médicas, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San José, Costa Rica.
² Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA), Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Latin-American Vaccinology Society, SLV, SLIPE, Argentina.
⁴ Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud del Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
⁵ Department of Children's Health, Chair of the Polio Eradication Certification Committee, Metropolitan University of Santos (UNIMES) and Ministry of Health of Brazil, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Universidad El Bosque, Cafettor Médica SAS, Bogotá, Colombia.
⁷ Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamin Bloom, El Salvador.
⁸ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario Jose E. Gonzalez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
⁹ Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Center, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
¹⁰ Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, Uruguay.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics and Children Surgery, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.
¹² Pediatrics, Head of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, and Director in Clinical Research, Hospital del Niño Dr. José Renán Esquivel; Cevaxin y Senacyt (SNI), Panama City, Panama.
¹³ Head of the Epidemiology Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2025.2524530

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Advancing Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) prevention in Latin America: updated recommendations from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of Latin America (SLIPE) expert group on RSV prevention

María L Ávila-Agüero et al. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2025 Dec.

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. 2025 Dec;24(1):578-580.

doi: 10.1080/14760584.2025.2524530. Epub 2025 Jul 1.

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¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division, Hospital Nacional de Niños 'Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera', Centro de Ciencias Médicas, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San José, Costa Rica.
² Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA), Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Latin-American Vaccinology Society, SLV, SLIPE, Argentina.
⁴ Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud del Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
⁵ Department of Children's Health, Chair of the Polio Eradication Certification Committee, Metropolitan University of Santos (UNIMES) and Ministry of Health of Brazil, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Universidad El Bosque, Cafettor Médica SAS, Bogotá, Colombia.
⁷ Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamin Bloom, El Salvador.
⁸ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario Jose E. Gonzalez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
⁹ Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Center, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
¹⁰ Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, Uruguay.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics and Children Surgery, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.
¹² Pediatrics, Head of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, and Director in Clinical Research, Hospital del Niño Dr. José Renán Esquivel; Cevaxin y Senacyt (SNI), Panama City, Panama.
¹³ Head of the Epidemiology Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 40552955
DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2025.2524530

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Keywords: Latin America; Maternal vaccination; Monoclonal antibodies; National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs); Public health recommendations; Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).

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