5 top ways of preventing RSV infection👇🏻
1. Avoid visitors for newborn
2. Breastfeeding
3. handwashing
4. Nirsevimab
5. palivizumab (for qualifying, premature infants and certain infants with congenital disorders)
Always consult with your doctor
Nirsevimab, sold under the brand name Beyfortus, is a human recombinant monoclonal antibody with activity against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes most bronchiolitis. RSV occurs in epidemics almost every winter.
People do not develop life-long immunity to the RSV virus. This means they can be infected many times.
Source: AAP.org
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videos are not intended to prevent, diagnose, or treat any condition.
