The UK will become the first country in the world to roll out a national vaccination programme against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), protecting infants & older people from becoming seriously ill. RSV accounts for 39,000 hospitalisations each year. https://lnkd.in/gjPwnSnk
Excellent news! Seeing my 17 month old daughter spend several days in hospital with severe respiratory problems as a result of RSV is something I wouldn’t wish on any parent - this is a brilliant step forward 😁
So glad this is finally happening and pleased and proud to have been part of the journey even if only made a tiny contribution to the research
This is the one that cross reacts with a Sendai Virus serology assay isn’t it ? I’m guessing it is a paramyxovirus ?
But only if you’re really quite old: over 75. The rest of us will just have to wheeze and cough.
What causes RSV?
This is great news.
We should mark this day
Another vaccine 👍👍
Postdoctoral Research Associate; Keele University and RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
1moHaving had a young daughter blue-lighted to hospital with severe respiratory difficulties due to RSV resulting in a short stay in hospital, I fully support this 🙌🏻