Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants - Palivizumab is effective but too expensive, and vaccines are unavailable as yet

被引:15
作者
Handforth, J [1 ]
Sharland, M
Friedland, JS
机构
[1] Univ London St Georges Hosp, Paediat Infect Dis Unit, London SW17 0QT, England
[2] Hammersmith Hosp, Imperial Coll Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis, London W12 0NN, England
来源
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2004年 / 328卷 / 7447期
关键词
D O I
10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1026
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
引用
收藏
页码:1026 / 1027
页数:2
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]  
*AM AC PED, 2003, RED BOOK 2003 REP CO, P523
[2]   CURRENT APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES AGAINST DISEASE CAUSED BY RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) AND PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS (PIV) - A MEETING REPORT OF THE WHO PROGRAM FOR VACCINE DEVELOPMENT [J].
CROWE, JE .
VACCINE, 1995, 13 (04) :415-421
[3]   Palivizumab prophylaxis reduces hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children with hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease [J].
Feltes, TF ;
Cabalka, AK ;
Meissner, C ;
Piazza, FM ;
Carlin, DA ;
Top, FH ;
Connor, EM ;
Sondheimer, HM .
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, 2003, 143 (04) :532-540
[4]  
Fleming DM, 2003, BRIT J GEN PRACT, V53, P778
[5]   Bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (PIV3) expressing the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) attachment and fusion proteins protects hamsters from challenge with human PIV3 and RSV [J].
Haller, AA ;
Mitiku, M ;
MacPhail, M .
JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY, 2003, 84 :2153-2162
[6]  
Handforth J, 2000, Paediatr Respir Rev, V1, P210, DOI 10.1053/prrv.2000.0050
[7]  
*JOINT COMM VACC I, 2002, JOINT COMM VACC IMM
[8]   RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS DISEASE IN INFANTS DESPITE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIGENIC INACTIVATED VACCINE [J].
KIM, HW ;
CANCHOLA, JG ;
BRANDT, CD ;
PYLES, G ;
CHANOCK, RM ;
JENSEN, K ;
PARROTT, RH .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 1969, 89 (04) :422-+
[9]   Contribution of RSV to bronchiolitis and pneumonia-associated hospitalizations in English children, April 1995-March 1998 [J].
Müller-Pebody, B ;
Edmunds, WJ ;
Zambon, MC ;
Gay, NJ ;
Crowcroft, NS .
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, 2002, 129 (01) :99-106
[10]   Safety and immunogenicity of respiratory syncytial virus purified fusion protein-2 vaccine in pregnant women [J].
Munoz, FM ;
Piedra, PA ;
Glezen, WP .
VACCINE, 2003, 21 (24) :3465-3467