Join Drs Forest Arnold and Lin Chen as they discuss RSV and traveler health.

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Resources

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Is the Leading Cause of United States Infant Hospitalizations, 2009-2019: A Study of the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35968878/

Mortality Associated With Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the US, 1999-2018 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35226079/

Estimated Incidence of Respiratory Hospitalizations Attributable to RSV Infections Across Age and Socioeconomic Groups https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36280891/

The Annual Economic Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Adults in the United States https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38060972/

Almost 200 People Reported COVID-19 After Attending CDC Conference https://www.idse.net/Covid-19/Article/05-23/COVID-COVID-19-CDC-Conference-Outbreak/70425

CDC Traveler's Health Branch https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dgmq/focus-areas/travelers-health.html

Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance for Early Detection of New SARS-CoV-2 Variants https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/travel-genomic-surveillance

CDC Expands Testing of International Air Traveler Samples to Include Flu, RSV, and Other Respiratory Viruses https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s1107-testing-respiratory-viruses.html

GeoSentinel https://geosentinel.org/

Travellers and Influenza: Risks and Prevention https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28077609/