Climate change shortens RSV season.(Clinical Capsules)(respiratory syncytial virus)(Brief article)

From: Pediatric News | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Splete, Heidi | Copyright information

Global warming could be curtailing the respiratory syncytial virus season in England and Wales, according to a study by Dr. Gavin C. Donaldson of University College London. The seasons associated with both respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) isolation rates in laboratories and with RSV-related emergency department admission rates in England and Wales were significantly shorter--3.1 weeks and 2.5 weeks, respectively--during 1981-2004 for laboratory RSV and 1990-2004 for patients admit...

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