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Volunteers needed for health research to test a new RSV vaccine for children

Posted by IWK Health Centre on November 27, 2014 in General Announcements

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory illness (infection of the airways).

By 2 years of age almost every child has been exposed to the RSV germ. Repeated sickness due to RSV is quite common in children and it can cause serious illness in premature babies and those born with certain heart and lung problems.
 
Participants needed: 2-5 years old
 
Contact: Pam MacIntyre at 902-470-8948
 or  pamela.macintyre@iwk.nshealth.ca