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ReviewEuropean journal of microbiology & immunology2012

The influence of virus infections on the course of COPD.

H Frickmann, S Jungblut, T O Hirche, U Groß, M Kuhns, A E Zautner

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Review in European journal of microbiology & immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Efficacy and Safety ofFood science & nutrition · 2026
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  2. Proteomic prediction of disease largely reflects environmental risk exposure.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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  7. The Influence of Influenza Virus Infections in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2022
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  11. COVID-19 Susceptibility in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.European journal of clinical investigation · 2020
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  14. Respiratory viral infection: a potential "missing link" in the pathogenesis of COPD.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

H Frickmann
S Jungblut
T O Hirche
U Groß
M Kuhns
A E Zautner

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is extensively influenced by viral infections. The mechanisms of how viral agents affect the pathogenesis and prognosis of COPD are numerous. In general, patients with infectious exacerbations are characterized by longer hospitalization periods and greater impairment of several lung function parameters than those with non-infectious exacerbations. Prodromal, clinical, and outcome parameters fail to distinguish virally from non-virally induced illnesses in cases of exacerbations. The importance of infections with respiratory and non-respiratory viral agents for pathogenesis and course of COPD is detailed. Human adenovirus, non-respiratory viruses including human immunodeficiency virus, human metapneumovirus, influenza virus, human rhinovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus are especially stressed.

Indexed as

chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPDhuman adenovirushuman metapneumovirushuman rhinovirusinfectioninfluenza virusrespiratory syncytial virusvirus

Identifiers

PMID24688763
PMCPMC3962752

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