Abstract
Each year, an estimated 33.1 million episodes of Respiratory Syncytial Virus associated to acute lower respiratory tract infections (RSV-LRTI) occur globally in children under five. In addition to acute morbidity and mortality, RSV-LRTI has long-term effects on children’s health. RSV-LRTI is associated with recurrent wheeze in the year following infection and with the development of childhood asthma, which in turn is a major risk factor of asthma in adulthood and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The burden of RSV-LRTI in infants age 0-5m is up to 10x higher in low- and middle-income countries, suggesting that post-RSV associated recurrent wheeze and asthma frequency may be higher too. We know little about the long-term effects of RSV infection in infants in developing healthcare systems.
| Date made available | 28 Apr 2023 |
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| Publisher | Edinburgh DataShare |
| Temporal coverage | 31 Aug 2019 - 31 Dec 2021 |
| Geographical coverage | Sylhet, Bangladesh; Karachi and Matiari, Pakistan; Odisha, India |
Projects
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RESPIRE: Exploiting IT to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Asthma, COPD, Bacterial Pneumonia, Influenze and RSV in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
Sheikh, A. (Principal Investigator), Campbell, H. (Co-investigator), Grant, L. (Co-investigator), McKinstry, B. (Co-investigator), Morris, A. (Co-investigator), Nair, H. (Co-investigator), Pinnock, H. (Co-investigator), Rudan, I. (Co-investigator), Simpson, C. (Co-investigator), Sridhar, D. (Co-investigator) & Weller, D. (Co-investigator)
1/08/17 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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