Urgent Action Needed: Tackling Pune’s Post-Monsoon RSV Surge

Authors

  • Akhil R Nair Department of Community Medicine, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55489/njcm.161120256025

Keywords:

Acute respiratory infections, RSV, Children, Outbreak

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2025-11-01

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Nair AR. Urgent Action Needed: Tackling Pune’s Post-Monsoon RSV Surge. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2025 Nov. 1 [cited 2025 Nov. 1];16(11):1179-80. Available from: https://www.njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/6025

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