Protecting the Family to Protect the Child: Vaccination Strategy Guided by RSV Transmission Dynamics.

The author discusses the impact of the Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with its impact on households, and the vaccination strategy guided by the RSV transmission dynamics. Topics discussed include the transmission of an infant's first RSV infection being attributed to household's school-age children, importance of understanding the epidemiological details of spread of a respiratory pathogen, and evaluation and modeling of RSV transmission dynamics for RSV vaccine development.