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Evidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Spread by Aerosol. Time to Revisit Infection Control Strategies?

H Kulkarni, CM Smith, D DH Lee, RA Hirst, AJ Easton, C O’Callaghan Am J Resp Crit Care Med, 2016, 194(3);308-316

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Each year over 33 million new episodes of RSV occur in children under 5 years of age. It also affects frailer, older adults, with comorbidities. It is highly contagious in hospital wards, and up to 40% of hospitalised infants in contact with RSV become infected. Infection control strategies...


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