Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

  • NIH Study Offers Clues to Making Vaccine for Infant Respiratory Illness
    An atomic-level snapshot of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) protein bound to a human antibody represents a leap toward developing a vaccine for a common—and sometimes very serious—childhood disease. The findings, by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and ...More
    5 weeks ago
    Posted in News
  • Research Suggests Transmission of Respiratory Viruses in Utero
    The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), can be transferred during pregnancy to an unborn baby, according to Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital research published online this week in the ...More
    April 19, 2013
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  • Vanderbilt Study Reveals Clues to Childhood Respiratory Virus
    New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14, 2013 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children. Senior author John Williams, ...More
    February 14, 2013
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  • Pneumonia Taking Severe Toll on Children in the Developing World
    As many as 12 million children under the age of 5 are hospitalized with chest infections such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis each year, a global study suggests. Researchers also found that an estimated 265,000 children under 5 suffering from chest infections die in hospital ...More
    January 29, 2013
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  • Loyola Using Technology in the Fight Against Influenza
    Cold, allergies, the flu or something else? Thanks to advanced technology, physicians at Loyola University Health System receive confirmation of their patient’s respiratory illness within one hour. Loyola is one of only two hospitals in lllinois to use the FDA-approved ...More
    January 10, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Infants With Severe RSV Disease May Be Immunosuppressed
    Infants with severe lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may have a dysfunctional innate immune response that relates to the severity of their disease. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children’s Hospital study appearing in a ...More
    December 20, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Infants with Severe RSV Disease May be Immunosuppressed
    Infants with severe lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may have a dysfunctional innate immune response that relates to the severity of their disease. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children's Hospital study appearing in a ...More
    December 10, 2012
    Posted in News
  • RSV Study Shows Potential for Vaccine Strategies to Protect Babies
    Research by the University of Warwick indicates that vaccinating families could protect young babies against a common winter virus which can be fatal for infants under six months. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) typically leads to mild, cold-like symptoms in adults and ...More
    November 15, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Inner City Infants Have Different Patterns of Viral Respiratory Illness Than Infants in the Suburbs
    Children living in low-income urban areas appear especially prone to developing asthma, possibly related to infections they acquire early in life. In a new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from the University of Wisconsin in Madison investigated ...More
    September 26, 2012
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  • Virus 'Barcodes' Offer Rapid Detection of Mutated Strains
    Dr. Julian Hiscox and Dr. John Barr of the University's Faculty of Biological Sciences are working with the Health Protection Agency Porton (HPA) to build a bank of molecular signatures that will help identify the severity of virus infection from characteristic changes seen ...More
    May 14, 2012
    Posted in News
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