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The natural history of respiratory syncytial virus in a birth cohort: the influence of age and previous infection on reinfection and disease. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study aimed to quantify the effect of age, time since last infection, and infection history on the rate of respiratory syncytial virus infection and the effect of age and infection history on the risk of respiratory syncytial virus disease.
Bottomley, C   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

A 2-year-old girl with chronic crackles after respiratory syncytial virus infection: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Respiratory syncytial virus is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children. While the majority of infants display only mild upper respiratory tract infection or occasionally otitis media, around ...
Katarzyna Woicka-Kolejwa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biochemical prevention and treatment of viral infections – A new paradigm in medicine for infectious diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
For two centuries, vaccination has been the dominating approach to develop prophylaxis against viral infections through immunological prevention. However, vaccines are not always possible to make, are ineffective for many viral infections, and also carry
Fang, Fang, Le Calvez, Hervé, Yu, Mang
core   +3 more sources

Prevalence of upper respiratory tract infections at a tertiary care hospital in the city of São Paulo [PDF]

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2010
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of pathogens in the upper respiratory tract according to age at a tertiary care hospital in the city of São Paulo. Methods: A total of 6,144 biological material tests from upper respiratory airways were analyzed: 740
Amilton Mouro   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Modulation of Host Immunity by Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Virulence Factors: A Synergic Inhibition of Both Innate and Adaptive Immunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Indexación: Web of Science; Scopus.The Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (hRSV) is a major cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) and high rates of hospitalizations in children and in the elderly worldwide.
Alexis M. Kalergis   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Etiology of acute bronchiolitis and the relationship with meteorological conditions in hospitalized infants in China

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2014
To investigate the prevalence of common viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) in hospitalized infants with acute bronchiolitis and study the relationship between bronchiolitis and meteorological conditions.
Zheng-Rong Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Whether viral coinfections cause more severe disease than Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) alone remains unclear. We compared clinical disease severity and sought clinical and demographic differences between infants with B.
Agricola, Eleonora   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Kinetics of the neutralizing antibody response to respiratory syncytial virus infections in a birth cohort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The kinetics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) neutralizing antibodies following birth, primary and secondary infections are poorly defined. The aims of the study were to measure and compare neutralizing antibody responses at different time points in ...
Cane, Patricia   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Contemporaneous data on the prevalence of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection in people with acute respiratory tract infections in Africa (2000–2017)

open access: yesData in Brief, 2018
Availability of accurate data on the burden of the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) can help to implement better strategies to curb this burden in Africa continent among people with acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI).
Jean Joel Bigna   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new subunit vaccine based on nucleoprotein nanoparticles confers partial clinical and virological protection in calves against bovine respiratory syncytial virus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Human and bovine respiratory syncytial viruses (HRSV and BRSV) are two closely related, worldwide prevalent viruses that are the leading cause of severe airway disease in children and calves, respectively.
Bernadet, Philippe   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

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