Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most dangerous seasonal acute respiratory viral infections, a doctor and TV presenter said on Thursday Alexander Myasnikov in your telegram channel.

This infection is very common – by the age of two, most children have already encountered it – and has a pronounced seasonal nature, causing mass morbidity in the cold season.

RSV is very dangerous, especially for infants – it claims more children’s lives than any other infection except malaria.

“It accounts for 2% of the total mortality of children under four years of age, and in the group of children under one year old this percentage increases to 7%,” the teledoctor said.

In adults, RSV can cause acute respiratory infections (about 10% of cases are caused by it) and bronchopneumonia. In risk groups, the main of which is age over 50 years, it also gives a high mortality rate – up to 6-8%.

“Treatment is the same as for all acute respiratory infections: home regimen, paracetamol, chicken soup,” Myasnikov advised.

There is good news: a vaccine has arrived. For now only for patients over 60 years of age. The nursery was returned for revision – it turned out that vaccinated children become infected more often and get more severely ill.