Table 1

Details of eligibility criteria used for screening the studies

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

- Included research into RSV vaccine, or other vaccine that may bear resemblance to future RSV vaccination programs

- RSV vaccine candidate was not a focus of the paper

- Vaccine research was targeted at children under 5 years

- Bovine RSV vaccine or vaccine for the elderly

- Gave an indication of answerability, efficacy, effectiveness, delivery, disease burden reduction or impact on equity of a vaccine

- Papers not directly relating to vaccine development and its impact

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