Lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus: current management and new therapeutics.

Address: Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.; Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics Department, Hóspital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, University of Santiago, La Coruña, Padova, Italy.; Women's and Children's Health Department, Unit of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Padova, Italy.; Noninvasive ventilation and Sleep Unit, Necker Pediatric University Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.; Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College, London, UK.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.; Neonataology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, S Anna Hospital, Torino, Italy.; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.; Center for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK.; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Allergy Dept 2nd Pediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St George's University London, UK.; Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Pontifícia Universidade Católica RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.; Department of Science and Technology/ National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Medical Research Council, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].