Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a contagious respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. RSV is common around the world and is most active in Canada during the fall and winter months (when people in Canada are most likely to catch RSV and become sick). Symptoms of RSV are usually similar to that of the common cold, and for most people, the illness itself is generally mild.
Symptoms typically appear two to eight days after someone has been exposed to RSV and can include:
- coughing,
- runny nose,
- sneezing,
- wheezing,
- fever, and
- a decrease in appetite and energy.
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Factsheets and Program Charts
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): What you need to know
(factsheet – PDF: 626 KB)
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Products available in Canada to protect against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
(program chart– PDF: 413 KB)
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Videos
Posters
Good news!
(poster – PDF: 5.6 MB)
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Have you heard?
(poster – PDF: 4.3 MB)
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Is there a vaccine?
(poster – PDF: 1.8 MB)
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Pregnant or planning a pregnancy?
(poster – PDF: 3.6 MB)
![Pregnant or planning a pregnancy? RSV vaccine (poster)](/sites/default/files/inline-images/rsv_poster4_web_e_0.png)
Did you know?
(poster – PDF: 3 MB)
![Did you know? RSV vaccine (poster)](/sites/default/files/inline-images/rsv_poster5_web_e.png)
60 years or older?
(poster – PDF: 3.2 MB)
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV?)
(poster 1 – PDF: 448 KB)
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV?)
(poster 2 – PDF: 117 KB)
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV?)
(poster 3 – PDF: 338 KB)
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV?)
(poster 4 – PDF: 71 KB)
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV?)
(poster 5 – PDF: 69 KB)
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Have you heard of Palivizumab (PVZ) or Nirsevimab?
(poster – PDF: 82 KB)
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Want to know something interesting?
(poster – PDF: 345 KB)
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Want to know something interesting?
(poster – PDF: 409 KB)
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Social media images
Good news!
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Good news!
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Good news!
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Have you heard?
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Have you heard?
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Have you heard?
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Is there a vaccine that protects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Is there a vaccine that protects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Is there a vaccine that protects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Pregnant or planning a pregnancy?
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Pregnant or planning a pregnancy?
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Pregnant or planning a pregnancy?
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Did you know?
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Did you know?
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Did you know?
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60 years or older?
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60 years or older?
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60 years or older?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Do you know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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Have you heard of Palivizumab (PVZ) or Nirsevimab?
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Have you heard of Palivizumab (PVZ) or Nirsevimab?
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Have you heard of Palivizumab (PVZ) or Nirsevimab?
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Want to know something interesting?
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Want to know something interesting?
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Want to know something interesting?
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Want to know something interesting?
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Want to know something interesting?
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Want to know something interesting?
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NACI Statements