Human metapneumovirus infections—biannual epidemics and clinical findings in children in the region of Basel, Switzerland [PDF]
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) epidemics vary in time and severity. We report findings for PCR for hMPV and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) performed on nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) of hospitalized and outpatient children with respiratory tract ...
Bonhoeffer, Jan +3 more
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Infecções respiratórias em crianças menores de dois anos de idade submetidas a profilaxia com palivizumabe [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To identify the viruses involved in acute respiratory tract infections and to analyze the rates of hospitalization and death in children on palivizumab prophylaxis.METHODS:Prospective cohort of 198 infants up to one year old who were born ...
Bellei, Nancy Cristina Junqueira +4 more
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Human Metapneumovirus in Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis
Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to detect segments of the M (matrix), N (nucleoprotein), and F (fusion) genes of human metapneumovirus in bronchoalveolar fluid from 30 infants with severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis.
Julie Greensill +5 more
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Novel Human Metapneumovirus Sublineage
In a pediatric surveillance network, 287 (5.1%) of 5,580 specimens from patients with acute respiratory infections tested positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Phylogenetic analysis of N- and F-gene sequences of identified HMPV showed that 30% belonged to a novel phylogenetic cluster.
Huck, Barbara +5 more
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Accelerate the Highly Efficient Development of mRNA Vaccines Through Advanced Computational Methods
This review explores the recent advancements in applying computational methods to optimize mRNA vaccines, with a primary focus on improvements in sequence design and delivery systems. ABSTRACT mRNA medicine is an emerging therapeutic approach that utilizes messenger RNA to synthesize functional proteins directly within target cells.
Ruichu Gu +5 more
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Management of acute bronchitis in healthy adults. [PDF]
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the most common infections in humans, accounting for half of all acute conditions each year in the United States. Acute bronchitis episodes represent a significant portion of these illnesses.
Aagaard, Eva, Gonzales, Ralph
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Sputum Induction in Children Is Feasible and Useful in a Bustling General Hospital Practice [PDF]
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The Jeroen Bosch Hospital funded this study.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Bart, Ingeborg Y. +7 more
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Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus [PDF]
SUMMARY Since the discovery of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in 2001, the virus has been identified worldwide. hMPV is a common respiratory pathogen, particularly in infants and young children. The virus is associated with both upper and lower respiratory tract infections and may be a trigger for asthma.
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EPI Update, September 10, 2010 [PDF]
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...
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Longitudinal Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG Seropositivity to Detect COVID-19. [PDF]
BackgroundSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a novel beta-coronavirus that has recently emerged as the cause of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
Fitzgerald, Robert L +5 more
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