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Hot Topic! RSV – respiratory syncytial virus

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 Here’s another Hot Topic! on a common winter illness. BBC news has reported on a new anti-body treatment being researched which would impact on the health of babies contracting RSV (respiratory syncytial virus).

What do you know about RSV?

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Oxford Medicine Online

BMJ Best Practice – Respiratory syncytial virus infection

Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

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