title: Investigation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Deaths Among US Children Aged <2 Years, 2004-2007.
abstract: We validated the respiratory syncytial virus-coded deaths of children aged <2 years in 2004-2007 using national/state death data and medical records. There were 48 deaths in 4 states, and hospital records for 32 of them were available; 26 of those 32 (81%) had a laboratory finding of respiratory syncytial virus, and 21 of those 26 (81%) had a potential high-risk condition, most commonly preterm birth (35%).
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Viral Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Mila M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Prill
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Viral Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Marika K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Iwane
authors.affiliation: Georgia Department of Public Health, Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Delmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Little
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Viral Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Susan I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Gerber
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000401:mortality*; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: RSV; United States; deaths