Respiratory Syncytial Virus Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Respiratory Syncytial Virus? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Risks
A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition. Risk factors include:
- Age: infants and young children, especially those under 2 years old
- Exposure to a person infected with the virus or an object contaminated with the virus
- Premature birth of an infant
- Problems with the heart, lungs, or immune system
- Present or recent use of chemotherapy
- Having had an organ or bone marrow transplant
- Problems associated with muscle weakness
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