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NEW: EFCNI'S RSV BOOKLET FOR PARENTS

The European Founfation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) shares our mission to create more awareness for about RSV, and has been active in doing so for many years. In the past, they have published a fact sheet and a position paper on RSV in preterm infants in close collaboration with international experts.

To address parents of healthy term born newborns and make them alert of the risks of an RSV infection, the foundation published the booklet "RSV - Why parents of all infants should be aware of Respiratory Syncytial Virus".

Click here to read.

This is why we would like to alert you on the dangers of RSV infection. Watch this video to learn how to recognize the symptoms. Information on prevention, symptoms and treatment, can be found on this page.

RSV IN A NUT SHELL

Highly contagious
Babies, small children and elderly people are most at risk
RSV can cause upper respiratory infections (such as colds) and lower respiratory tract infections (such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia)
You can be infected with RSV several times during your lifetime. After each RSV infection, your body becomes more immune to the virus, but you are never completely immune