Understanding RSV: Severe disease and the long term consequences

Oxford Vaccine Group are inviting volunteers to take part in a study to help us learn more about the virus that most commonly causes coughs, colds and chest infections in young children, and sometimes causes children to be so unwell they have to be admitted to hospital.

Some facts about RSV disease (respiratory syncytial virus):

The Oxford Vaccine Group is recruiting infants aged 4 – 7 months to a type 1 diabetes prevention trial. POInT (Primary Oral Insulin Trial) is recruiting infants who were screened for diabetes at birth through the INGR1D Study and have been found to be at high risk for developing diabetes.

The Oxford Vaccine Group are inviting students in school year 12 to take part in a research project to understand whether immunising teenagers with vaccines against ‘Meningitis B’ could protect them and the rest of the community against these potentially deadly bacteria. This is a national study involving 24 000 year 12 students across the United Kingdom.  Teenagers at participating schools are being asked to take part by local research teams involved.