Burden of RSV Disease
Some facts about RSV disease (respiratory syncytial virus):
RSV is a virus;
- it causes coughs, colds and chest infections
- is responsible for around 1 in 6 hospital admissions for infants in the UK
- The second largest worldwide cause of deaths in children between one month and 1 year of age, most are in Asia and Africa
What do we want to do?
We would like to identify 2000 babies from birth and follow them up to see if any become unwell with RSV disease