respiratory syncytial virus

(National Jewish Health) A natural lipid in the fluid lining the lungs inhibits influenza infections in both cell cultures and mouse models, according to researchers at National Jewish Health.

These findings, combined with previous studies demonstrating effectiveness against respiratory syncytial virus, suggest that the molecule, known as POPG, may have broad antiviral activity.

Supplemental POPG could be an important, inexpensive and novel approach for the prevention and treatment of influenza and other respiratory virus infections.

Newborns with low vitamin D levels have a sixfold higher risk of lung infections with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Dutch researchers report.

(MedPage Today) -- Preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in infants and toddlers with palivizumab (Synagis) costs far more than treating hospitalizations when they occur, researchers said.

(MedPage Today) -- Severe respiratory syncytial virus infection during the first year of life is associated with the development of recurrent wheezing, a retrospective cohort study found.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (MedPage Today) -- The burden of respiratory syncytial virus in children as old as five is far higher than had been recognized, researchers here said.

HONOLULU -- Motavizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reduced hospital admissions among American-Indian infants by 83% compared with placebo, in a phase III study, researchers reported here.