Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Alternate Names : RSV
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Prognosis (Expectations)
RSV infection may rarely cause death in infants, but this is unlikely if the child is seen early in the course of the illness. In older children and adults, the disease will usually be quite mild. There is evidence suggesting an increased incidence of asthma in children who have developed RSV bronchiolitis. It is unknown whether the factors that predispose the child to asthma also predisposed him to developing bronchiolitis as an infant, or if the RSV bronchiolitis itself predisposes the child to develop asthma later.
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