Parents need to be more alert to the symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus , medical scientists have said.
RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis in children under two and typically case numbers peak in winter, but it has risen across 12 months. "For children under five years of age, 22% who presented to their doctors with a respiratory infection had RSV," he said.Dr Power said RSV is associated with the development of a wheeze later in life.
Speaking to BBC News NI, Ms Adgey, from County Down, said they noticed Luke was tiring very easily and he was working "very hard to breath and his oxygen levels were falling significantly". Dr Lindsay Broadbent is leading the research on respiratory viruses and is working to understand any potential long-term consequences of the infection.
Research shows that RSV infection is the most significant cause of hospitalisation in infants and one of the leading global causes of infant mortality.
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