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RSV: Virus that threatens infants again circulating in 2022

Posted in: Child health, COVID-19, Latest

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is estimated to affect 64 million people and claim around 160 000 lives around the world every year. Infants are most vulnerable and there is no effective treatment or vaccine. Tiyese Jeranji asks what we know about RSV in South Africa.

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RSV: Virus that threatens infants again circulating in 2022

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