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ArticleCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2013

Respiratory syncytial virus: virology, reverse genetics, and pathogenesis of disease.

Peter L Collins, Rachel Fearns, Barney S Graham

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Article in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 249 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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249citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

249 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 369 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Peter L CollinsLaboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 50, Room 6517, 50 South Dr MSC 8007, Bethesda, MD, 20892-8007, USA, pcollins@niaid.nih.gov.
Rachel Fearns
Barney S Graham
Boston University · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Laboratory Studies of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other PneumovirusesZIAAI000372 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BUCHHOLZ, URSULA · 2009 to 2025
$21.8M
RSV PROTEINS--ROLES IN HOST IMMUNITY AND IMMUNOPROPHYLAXISZ01AI000372 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI COLLINS, PETER LEON · 1985 to 2008
$11.0M
Factors Contributing To Immune-Enhanced Disease In The Pathogenesis of RSVZIAAI005029 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GRAHAM, BARNEY · 2009 to 2017
$6.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an enveloped, nonsegmented negative-strand RNA virus of family Paramyxoviridae. RSV is the most complex member of the family in terms of the number of genes and proteins. It is also relatively divergent and distinct from the prototype members of the family. In the past 30 years, we have seen a tremendous increase in our understanding of the molecular biology of RSV based on a succession of advances involving molecular cloning, reverse genetics, and detailed studies of protein function and structure. Much remains to be learned. RSV disease is complex and variable, and the host and viral factors that determine tropism and disease are poorly understood. RSV is notable for a historic vaccine failure in the 1960s involving a formalin-inactivated vaccine that primed for enhanced disease in RSV naïve recipients. Live vaccine candidates have been shown to be free of this complication. However, development of subunit or other protein-based vaccines for pediatric use is hampered by the possibility of enhanced disease and the difficulty of reliably demonstrating its absence in preclinical studies.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, ViralGenes, ViralGenome, ViralBase SequenceHost SpecificityHumansMolecular Sequence DataRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesReverse GeneticsVaccines, AttenuatedViral ProteinsViral TropismVirus ReplicationRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesVaccines, AttenuatedViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID24362682
PMCPMC4794264
OpenAlexW156352715

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