RSV disease severity: Insights into Protective Immune Responses
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ABSTRACT: This was a prospective observational cohort study involving a convenience sample of previously healthy children <2 years of age with acute RSV infection as well as healthy non-infected age matched controls. The study was conducted at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH; Columbus, OH) during four respiratory seasons, from 2011 to 2015. Children were enrolled at the NCH urgent care clinics, the emergency department or in the inpatient ward or intensive care unit (PICU). For the inpatients enrolled at ward or PICU the median time from admission to sample collection was 21.3h (interquartile range [IQR] 16.7 -37.6h). The majority of children had a confirmatory RSV test (either rapid antigen testing or PCR based) at enrollment per standard of care. In addition, the presence of RSV was confirmed by quantitative real time (qRT)-PCR in all study subjects. Healthy age-matched controls were enrolled during well-child visits or minor elective surgical procedures not involving the respiratory tract as described [Mejias 2013]. Exclusion criteria were as follows: documented bacterial co-infections, premature birth (<36 weeks of gestation), chronic or congenital medical conditions, and immunodeficiency. For healthy controls, additional exclusion criteria included: presence of fever or symptoms of respiratory tract infection within two weeks of enrollment.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE105450 | GEO | 2020/04/22
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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