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It is concerned that this year children will have “much lower immunity” at a time when the NHS is already under extreme pressure. “In the last few weeks, we have noticed a surge in calls from parents who are worried about their child’s breathing,” said Caroline Fredericks, a respiratory nurse who supports the BLF’s helpline. “Most of these parents have never heard of RSV which is worrying.”
The early symptoms of bronchiolitis are similar to those of a common cold but can develop over a few days into a high temperature, a dry and persistent cough, difficulty feeding, and wheezing. While many cases clear up in two to three weeks, some children will end up being hospitalised.
originally posted by: CrazeeWorld777
Just when we thought it was all b ut over... along comes another virus spreading in children.
RSV (which I've never heard of) Respiratory Syncytial Virus, is staging a comeback... supposedly with lockdowns last year, this virus laid low but because this year children are back at school, its come back stronger!
Have you heard of this RSV before? I havn't.
Results
Ivermectin, a broadly used anti-helminthic drug, proved to be a highly potent inhibitor of YFV replication (EC50 values in the sub-nanomolar range). Moreover, ivermectin inhibited, although less efficiently, the replication of several other flaviviruses, i.e. dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis and tick-borne encephalitis viruses. Ivermectin exerts its effect at a timepoint that coincides with the onset of intracellular viral RNA synthesis, as expected for a molecule that specifically targets the viral helicase.
Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host.
Additionally, we used the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – a common pathogen of the upper respiratory tract – since its release upon infection of NEC ALI cultures is limited to the apical side of the epithelium (Villenave et al., 2012). After infecting the ALI cultures of independent donors with JEV, WNV, and RSV and maintaining them in culture for 72 h p.i., we applied fluorescent dextran (FD4) on the cultures and measured the fluorescence intensity in the basolateral chamber. We found that the fluorescence intensity in virus-infected cells was significantly lower compared to control and similar to mock-infected cells. Furthermore, RSV was released from the apical surface of NECs, but we could not detect any infectious RSV in the basolateral medium of NECs, demonstrating the normal function of the epithelium upon infection with a respiratory virus (Figure 5B). Overall, these results indicate that flavivirus infection has no impact on cellular barrier integrity and that infectious virus production through the basolateral surface of NECs is not a consequence of virus-induced leakage of the respiratory epithelium.
originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: CrazeeWorld777
I asked my daughter about kids been in the ER she said is not different than any other cold, no even covid is affecting children much.
Soo I wonder it is just regional.
originally posted by: The2Billies
originally posted by: CrazeeWorld777
Just when we thought it was all b ut over... along comes another virus spreading in children.
RSV (which I've never heard of) Respiratory Syncytial Virus, is staging a comeback... supposedly with lockdowns last year, this virus laid low but because this year children are back at school, its come back stronger!
Have you heard of this RSV before? I havn't.
It has been around for a long time.
There is a vaccine for RSV, but it costs $6000 per shot which has to be taken once a month.
Most kids survive it ok.
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: The2Billies
originally posted by: CrazeeWorld777
Just when we thought it was all b ut over... along comes another virus spreading in children.
RSV (which I've never heard of) Respiratory Syncytial Virus, is staging a comeback... supposedly with lockdowns last year, this virus laid low but because this year children are back at school, its come back stronger!
Have you heard of this RSV before? I havn't.
It has been around for a long time.
There is a vaccine for RSV, but it costs $6000 per shot which has to be taken once a month.
Most kids survive it ok.
A vaccine that requires one injection per month?
originally posted by: Nyiah
a reply to: CrazeeWorld777
Been around forever, RSV is generally considered the Toddler's Bronchitis by parents. Mine never got it, and neither did any of my friends' kids. None of us did the RSV vaccine, either.
Some years it makes the rounds with more gusto, some years it doesn't. Just the way the cookie has always crumbled, except they're trying to freak out the n00bie parents with it like it's a new plague.