Pneumonia research to reduce childhood mortality in the developing world

JAG Scott, WA Brooks, JSM Peiris… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Pneumonia is an illness, usually caused by infection, in which the lungs become inflamed
and congested, reducing oxygen exchange and leading to cough and breathlessness. It …

Human respiratory syncytial virus: pathogenesis, immune responses, and current vaccine approaches

SA Taleb, AA Al Thani, K Al Ansari… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Respiratory syncytial virus continues to pose a serious threat to the pediatric populations
worldwide. With a genomic makeup of 15,200 nucleotides, the virus encodes for 11 proteins …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children

CB Hall, GA Weinberg, MK Iwane… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The primary role of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in causing infant
hospitalizations is well recognized, but the total burden of RSV infection among young …

Incidence and severity of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in rural Kenyan children identified through hospital surveillance

DJ Nokes, M Ngama, A Bett, J Abwao… - Clinical Infectious …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background. Although necessary for developing a rationale for vaccination, the burden of
severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in children in resource-poor settings …

Newcastle disease virus-like particles containing respiratory syncytial virus G protein induced protection in BALB/c mice, with no evidence of immunopathology

MR Murawski, LW McGinnes, RW Finberg… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of serious respiratory infections in
children as well as a serious cause of disease in elderly and immunosuppressed …

Respiratory syncytial virus matrix protein is sufficient and necessary to remodel host mitochondria in infection

MJ Hu, MA Bogoyevitch, DA Jans - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of respiratory infection
in infants, immunosuppressed adults and the elderly worldwide, there is no licensed RSV …

Assembly and immunological properties of Newcastle disease virus-like particles containing the respiratory syncytial virus F and G proteins

LW McGinnes, KA Gravel, RW Finberg… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a serious respiratory pathogen in infants and
young children as well as elderly and immunocompromised populations. However, no RSV …

Immunogenicity and protective capacity of a virosomal respiratory syncytial virus vaccine adjuvanted with monophosphoryl lipid A in mice

T Kamphuis, T Meijerhof, T Stegmann, J Lederhofer… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a major cause of viral brochiolitis in infants and young
children and is also a significant problem in elderly and immuno-compromised adults. To …

Confirmation of an association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in the VDR gene with respiratory syncytial virus related disease in South African Children

TL Kresfelder, R Janssen, L Bont… - Journal of medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Respiratory syncytial virus is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants.
Disease severity has been linked to host immune responses and polymorphisms in genes …

TLR9 agonist, but not TLR7/8, functions as an adjuvant to diminish FI-RSV vaccine-enhanced disease, while either agonist used as therapy during primary RSV …

TR Johnson, S Rao, RA Seder, M Chen, BS Graham - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
Agonists for TLR7, TLR8, and TLR9 have been shown to enhance vaccine immunogenicity.
We evaluated the impact of TLR activation on RSV disease in a murine model by …