Respiratory Syncytial Virus
State-by-State Tracking of Potentially Dangerous Respiratory Syncytial Virus Now Available on CDC Website Through Data Sharing Agreement with SDI
Published in Pharma Law Weekly, January 15th, 2008
A data-sharing agreement with Surveillance Data, Inc. (SDI) has enabled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch a redesigned website that provides data on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the U.S. as a whole and by individual states. About 125,000 infants are hospitalized each year in the U.S. due to RSV infections or co-infections, and an estimated 390 RSV-associated children's deaths occurred in 1999(1). Low birth weight and prematurity significantly increase RSV-associated mortality rates.
Until now, RSV data were reported to the CDC's National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) by less than 100 clinical...
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Source: Pharma Law Weekly (2008-01-15)
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