Severe Respiratory Viral Infections

Severe Viral Respiratory Tract Infections in Children

Studies into viral respiratory infections

The primary objectives of the lecture are: (1) Describe the frequency and impact of viral infections and acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) among hospitalized patients and in the community; (2) Describe the analysis of respiratory viruses using in-house and commercial molecular diagnostics; (3) Estimate the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in the last two winters to prevent symptomatic inf...

Arginase and Respiratory Viral Infections

Arginase activity in the lung has become a focus of research as modulation of this enzyme may result in desirable outcomes in a variety of pulmonary disorders. This review examines the current available literature for insights into how arginase modulation may alter the course of respiratory viral infection.

Detection of viral respiratory pathogens in mild and severe acute respiratory infections in Singapore

To investigate the performance of laboratory methods and clinical case definitions in detecting the viral pathogens for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) from a prospective community cohort and hospital inpatients, nasopharyngeal swabs from cohort members reporting ARIs (community-ARI) and inpatients admitted with ARIs (inpatient-ARI) were tested by Singleplex Real Time-Polymerase Chain React...

WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children

1479. WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD, FIDSA; Bhinnata Piya, MPH; Asem Shehabi, DSC; Samir Faouri, MD; John V. Williams, MD, MPH; Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, FIDSA and Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH, FPIDS; University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Vanderbilt University...