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RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS [PDF]

open access: yesNursing Clinics of North America, 1993
A great deal of medical research and subsequent literature has been devoted to understanding and defining RSV as a dangerous respiratory pathogen. Careful assessment and preventative measures are the hallmarks of nursing care for the infants or young children with RSV.
M B, Filippell, T, Rearick
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Comparison of xTAG Respiratory Virus Panel and Verigene Respiratory Virus Plus for Detecting Influenza Virus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 2014
Nucleic acid amplification tests have allowed simultaneous detection of multiple respiratory viruses.We compared the results of a liquid bead array xTAG Respiratory Virus Panel (RVP; (Luminex Corporation, Toronto, Canada) and a solid microarray Verigene Respiratory Virus Plus (RV+; Nanosphere, Northbrook, IL) for the detection of influenza A virus (INF
Hwang, Sang Mee   +9 more
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Independent Protection and Influence of the Spike-Specific Antibody Response of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein (N) in Whole-Virion Vaccines

open access: yesVaccines, 2023
Of all of the components in SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccines, nucleocapsid protein (N) is the most abundant and highly conserved protein. However, the function of N in these vaccines, especially its influence on the targeted spike protein’s response ...
Huijie Yang   +8 more
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Viral respiratory infections in very low birthweight infants at neonatal intensive care unit: prospective observational study

open access: yesBMJ Paediatrics Open, 2020
Background and objective Very low birthweight (VLBW) infants are highly susceptible to respiratory infections. Information about prevalence of viral respiratory infections (VRIs) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is scarce.
Cristina Calvo   +4 more
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Detection of Insect-Specific Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Northeastern Regions of South Africa

open access: yesViruses, 2021
Mosquitoes in the Aedes and Culex genera are considered the main vectors of pathogenic flaviviruses worldwide. Entomological surveillance using universal flavivirus sets of primers in mosquitoes can detect not only pathogenic viruses but also insect ...
Milehna M. Guarido   +7 more
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The practitioners guide for dealing with the novel Influenza A, H1n1 pandemic

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2009
Within three months of its discovery, the new Influenza A (H1n1) swineflu strain has spread to such an extent that a pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). Although most cases seem to be mild, cases of severe disease have also
Marietjie Venter, L. Bloomberg
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West Nile Virus, an Underdiagnosed Cause of Acute Fever of Unknown Origin and Neurological Disease among Hospitalized Patients in South Africa

open access: yesViruses, 2023
West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is endemic to South Africa. However, its contribution to acute febrile and neurological disease in hospitalized patients in South Africa is unknown. This study examined two patient cohorts for WNV using
Caitlin MacIntyre   +7 more
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Phylogenetic Characterisation of the Full Genome of a Bagaza Virus Isolate from Bird Fatalities in South Africa

open access: yesViruses, 2022
Bagaza virus (BAGV), a member of the Ntaya serogroup in the Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae, was isolated from the brain tissue of a Himalayan monal pheasant that died following neurological signs in Pretoria, South Africa in 2016.
Adriano Mendes   +6 more
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Microbiology Reviews, 1998
SUMMARY Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most important cause of viral lower respiratory tract illness (LRI) in infants and children worldwide and causes significant LRI in the elderly and in immunocompromised patients. The goal of RSV vaccination is to prevent serious RSV-associated LRI.
R A, Dudas, R A, Karron
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Prokaryotic Expression of the Influenza A (H5N1) Neuraminidase

open access: yesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background and purpose: Highly Pathogenic Influenza A(H5N1) viruses cause vast economic losses throughout the world. They may circulate in animals and be able to spread from human to human.
Zahra Latif   +3 more
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