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Characterization of the viral microbiome in patients with severe lower respiratory tract infections, using metagenomic sequencing. [PDF]
The human respiratory tract is heavily exposed to microorganisms. Viral respiratory tract pathogens, like RSV, influenza and rhinoviruses cause major morbidity and mortality from respiratory tract disease.
Fredrik Lysholm +9 more
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Zoonotic Animal Influenza Virus and Potential Mixing Vessel Hosts
Influenza viruses belong to the family Orthomyxoviridae with a negative-sense, single-stranded segmented RNA genome. They infect a wide range of animals, including humans.
Elsayed M. Abdelwhab +1 more
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Influenza research database: an integrated bioinformatics resource for influenza research and surveillance. [PDF]
BackgroundThe recent emergence of the 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus has highlighted the value of free and open access to influenza virus genome sequence data integrated with information about other important virus characteristics.DesignThe ...
Baumgarth, Nicole +16 more
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Corticosteroids for the common cold [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The common cold is a frequent illness, which, although benign and self limiting, results in many consultations to primary care and considerable loss of school or work days. Current symptomatic treatments have limited benefit.
Del Mar, Chris B. +5 more
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Pandemic Scenario Tabletop Exercise
State governments have been charged with planning for a worldwide or nationwide pandemic using the avian (H5N1) flu as a model since it has the potential to be the next pandemic. This is an active-learning large and small group tabletop exercise designed
Janet Lindemann +4 more
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Influenza, a respiratory disease mainly caused by influenza A and B, viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae, is still a burden on our society’s health and economic system.
Martin C. Langenmayer +11 more
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Immune responses to influenza virus and its correlation to age and inherited factors
Influenza viruses belong to the family Orthomyxoviridae of enveloped viruses and are an important cause of respiratory infections worldwide. The influenza virus is able to infect a wide variety species as diverse as poultry, marine, pigs, horses and ...
Azadeh Bahadoran +6 more
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Development of a novel equine influenza virus live-attenuated vaccine [PDF]
H3N8 equine influenza virus (EIV) is an important and significant respiratory pathogen of horses. EIV is enzootic in Europe and North America, mainly due to the suboptimal efficacy of current vaccines. We describe, for the first time, the generation of a
Chambers, Thomas M. +5 more
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Defective interfering virus protects elderly mice from influenza [PDF]
Background: We have identified and characterised a defective-interfering (DI) influenza A virus particles containing a highly deleted segment 1 RNA that has broad-spectrum antiviral activity.
Scott, P. D. (Paul D.) +4 more
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