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Even mildly premature infants have increased risk of a common respiratory tract infection
May 05, 2009 |
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Even mildly premature infants (gestational ages of 33 weeks through 36 weeks) have an increased risk of medically attended respiratory syncytial virus infection, which is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection ...
More children need medical help for RSV than previously known
Feb 04, 2009 |
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More than 2 million children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are seen in hospitals, emergency rooms and doctors' offices in the United States every year -- many more than doctors know. In fact, only 3 percent of children ...
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RSV may hide in the lungs, lead to asthma, researchers report
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Conventional wisdom has been that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – a common virus that causes infection in the lungs – comes and goes in children without any long lasting impact.
New agent strikes at respiratory syncytial virus replication
May 05, 2008 |
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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have achieved promising results with a potential new weapon against respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of infant hospitalization in the United States.
Weak immune response critical to disease that causes most infant hospitalizations
Apr 05, 2007 |
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The most common cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, respiratory syncytial virus, infects virtually all children by age two. Along with the influenza virus, RSV is a major contributor to the approximately ...
Amid the flu epidemic, don't forget RSV in young children
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public. However, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department ...
First of its kind study identifies risk factors for LRTIs in Inuit children
May 21, 2009 |
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May 21, 2009 — Inuit children have the highest rate of hospital admission for Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) globally, but new research shows that lowering risk factors though public health interventions and an ...
Ultrasensitive detector promises improved treatment of viral respiratory infections
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Vanderbilt chemist and a biomedical engineer have teamed up to develop a respiratory virus detector that is sensitive enough to detect an infection at an early stage, takes only a few minutes ...
Molecular imaging may lead to earlier diagnosis of childhood respiratory virus
Apr 18, 2006 |
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Scientists have used a powerful molecular imaging technique to see inside living cells infected with the most pervasive and potentially fatal childhood respiratory virus known to medicine -- respiratory syncytial ...
Microbiologists find defense molecule that senses respiratory viruses
Aug 23, 2009 |
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A cellular molecule that not only can sense two common respiratory viruses but also can direct cells to mount a defense has been identified by microbiologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center ...
Scientists find predisposition to bronchiolitis in some babies
Oct 19, 2007 |
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Scientists have found that a large proportion of infants who suffer from bronchiolitis have an inherent pre-disposition to the disease.
Childhood wheezing with rhinovirus can increase asthma odds 10-fold
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Infants who experience viral respiratory illnesses with wheezing are known to be at increased risk for developing asthma later during childhood. It is not known, however, whether every type of respiratory virus that produces ...
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