Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...007 issue of the Journal of Virology. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common infection in children also referred to as "croup", causes common cold or flu like symptoms such as wheezing, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and asthma and annually claims the lives of millions worldwide. Currently, there is no relia...Children's Hospital Boston presents at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting
...fants, possibly making infections like respiratory syncytial virus, pneumococcus, pertussis, HIV and rotavirus much less of a threat. [2620.2] Unique Efficacy of Toll-Like Receptor 8 Agonists in Activating Human Neonatal Antigen-Presenting Cells Poster Symposium: Neonatal HematologyImmunology (1-3 PM) Moscone...Boosting newborns' immune responses
...fants, possibly making infections like respiratory syncytial virus, pneumococcus, pertussis, HIV and rotavirus much less of a threat. For about a decade it's been known that people's first line of defense against infection is a group of receptors known as Toll-like receptors (TLRs) on the surface of certain wh...Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections
...italization among children under five. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) sends about 120,000 children to the ho...etect the presence of particles of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a matter of hours, rather than the two to five days required by current tests, but it...Respiratory syncytial virus poses a significant threat to elderly
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), primarily seen as a cause of illness in infants and children, often affects the elderly and high-risk adults as much as influenza, a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers demonstrates. Although pediatricians are wel......encing technologies thwarts attacks of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- a virus associated with severe bron... exciting advance in the fight against respiratory syncytial virus infection," said Shyam S. Mohapatra, PhD, principal investigator of the study and director of ...