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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Preventing RSV Infection in Children: Current Passive Immunizations and Vaccine Development.

Pius I Babawale, Iván Martínez-Espinoza, Alaine' M Mitchell, Antonieta Guerrero-Plata

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. [Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Clinical Challenges of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Co-infections in Children].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Pius I BabawaleDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-6856-5108
Iván Martínez-EspinozaDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5667-9556
Alaine' M MitchellDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Antonieta Guerrero-PlataDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0424-2563

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute respiratory tract infection and lower respiratory tract infection, associated with high morbidity and mortality in young children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. Initial attempts to develop an RSV vaccine in the 1960s were faced with a setback due to the enhanced RSV disease developed by vaccinated children. More recent advancements have led to the generation of RSV vaccines for older adults and pregnant women. However, there are still no commercially available RSV vaccines for infants. This work summarizes the current passive immunizations and the ongoing efforts to develop an RSV vaccine for infants.

Indexed as

Immunization, PassiveRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesVaccine DevelopmentChildFemaleHumansInfantPregnancyRespiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccinesrespiratory syncytial virusRSVRSV pediatric vaccineRSV prophylaxisvaccine

Identifiers

PMID40005481
PMCPMC11858734

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