Respiratory virus kills 100 000 children worldwide: Most cases and deaths in young children occur in lower-income countries
sheds light on another viral disease — the respiratory syncytial virus — which kills more than 100 000 children a year worldwide.
“RSV is an important cause of death due to lower respiratory tract infections in children, especially infants,” says Anand Krishnan, an author of the study and professor at the Centre for Community Medicine at the New Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Internationally, RSV disease leads to one in every 50 deaths among children under five and one in every 28 deaths among those aged 28 days to six months, they found.
There is no specific RSV vaccine but the researchers urge the implementation of passive immunisation programmes to combat the disease. Instead of a vaccine, which provides active immunity, in passive immunisation, a person receives antibodies — proteins produced in the body in response to a foreign invader or antigen.
Experts say RSV cases are likely to be on the rise as masks and lockdowns have led to a reduction in natural immunity against this and other common viruses.
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