Older adults are at high risk for severe RSV infection

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is a common virus that affects the lungs and breathing passages.
  
  RSV infections can be dangerous for certain adults. Adults at highest risk for severe RSV infection include:
  
  • Older adults, especially those 65 years and older
  
  • Adults with chronic heart or lung disease
  
  • Adults with weakened immune systems
  
  Each year, it is estimated that between 60,000–120,000 older adults in the United States are hospitalized and 6,000–10,000 of them die due to RSV infection.
  
  CS280240
  
  factsheet-older-adults.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:22daa2bef81e28e4fa96ef0752e3f9ad55eb52a238267a0b6bebd61866169b37
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122393/cdc_122393_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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