INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For the new study, CDC researchers looked at RSV hospitalization rates across two different RSV surveillance networks of hospitals and
medical centers (called RSV-NET and NVSN)
Again, when Houston was excluded from the NVSN data, there was a 56 percent drop.Lastly, the researchers looked at hospitalization rates for
toddlers and children up to 5 years old, who wouldn't have been protected by the new products
That suggests that the latest RSV season was more severe, and the drops in infant hospitalizations may be underestimates.
