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Common respiratory virus more deadly than seasonal flu
Chinese University study finds the respiratory syncytial virus can be fatal for many groups and kills more people than seasonal influenza
PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 3:26am
UPDATED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 3:26am
Emily Tsang emily.tsang@scmp.com
A common respiratory virus could cause more life-threatening infections than the influenza virus, a Chinese University research team warned.
Their latest study, which is by far the largest clinical study on the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Asia, found the mortality rate of those contracting RSV to be more than 11.9 per cent.
That was much higher than the 8.8 per cent mortality rate for flu patients...
...The study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases this month, analysed and compared 607 RSV and 547 seasonal influenza patients, from 2009 to 2011. It showed that 80.4 per cent of RSV patients developed complications, compared with 72.8 per cent for flu patients.
Some 42.3 per cent of patients with RSV suffered from pneumonia, while 36.7 per cent of flu patients did.
Pneumonia was the cause of more than 35 per cent of the deaths from RSV infection; others died of pneumonia combined with multi-organ failure.
The fatality rate for those who suffered RSV for 60 days stood at 11.9 per cent, compared with 8.8 per cent for the influenza virus, the study found...
Common respiratory virus more deadly than seasonal flu
Chinese University study finds the respiratory syncytial virus can be fatal for many groups and kills more people than seasonal influenza
PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 3:26am
UPDATED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 3:26am
Emily Tsang emily.tsang@scmp.com
A common respiratory virus could cause more life-threatening infections than the influenza virus, a Chinese University research team warned.
Their latest study, which is by far the largest clinical study on the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Asia, found the mortality rate of those contracting RSV to be more than 11.9 per cent.
That was much higher than the 8.8 per cent mortality rate for flu patients...
...The study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases this month, analysed and compared 607 RSV and 547 seasonal influenza patients, from 2009 to 2011. It showed that 80.4 per cent of RSV patients developed complications, compared with 72.8 per cent for flu patients.
Some 42.3 per cent of patients with RSV suffered from pneumonia, while 36.7 per cent of flu patients did.
Pneumonia was the cause of more than 35 per cent of the deaths from RSV infection; others died of pneumonia combined with multi-organ failure.
The fatality rate for those who suffered RSV for 60 days stood at 11.9 per cent, compared with 8.8 per cent for the influenza virus, the study found...