The risk is great, because the virus is highly contagious and can cause serious illness in young babies. About half of all babies become infected with the virus by the age of one and 85%-100% become infected by the age of two.
The chance of a premature baby infected with the virus being hospitalized is 2 times greater than that of a baby born on time.*
Premature babies born in relatively late weeks are also almost twice as likely to be hospitalized after contracting the virus than children born on time.
RSV is the number one cause of hospitalization in infants up to one year of age and the main cause of viral pneumonia in children up to 5 years of age.
RSV causes approximately 40% of all hospitalizations from pneumonia in children and may cause prolonged hospitalization and even a stay in the intensive care unit.**
Tens of thousands of babies in the world die from this virus.
Data from a Canadian study published in the Journal of Pediatrics shows that in each group of premature babies the chance is up to 2 times
Data from the article published by Greenberg in medicine this year.
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