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ReviewJournal of immunology research2014

Respiratory syncytial virus infections in infants affected by primary immunodeficiency.

Marcello Lanari, Silvia Vandini, Maria Grazia Capretti, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Giacomo Faldella

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2014. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 33 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcello LanariPediatrics and Neonatology Unit, Imola Hospital, Via Montericco 4, 40026 Imola, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2586-314X
Silvia VandiniDIMEC, Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1052-8189
Maria Grazia CaprettiDIMEC, Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Tiziana LazzarottoDIMES, Clinical Microbiology Unit, Laboratory of Virology, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giacomo FaldellaDIMEC, Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary immunodeficiencies are rare inherited disorders that may lead to frequent and often severe acute respiratory infections. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most frequent pathogens during early infancy and the infection is more severe in immunocompromised infants than in healthy infants, as a result of impaired T- and B-cell immune response unable to efficaciously neutralize viral replication, with subsequent increased viral shedding and potentially lethal lower respiratory tract infection. Several authors have reported a severe clinical course after RSV infections in infants and children with primary and acquired immunodeficiencies. Environmental prophylaxis is essential in order to reduce the infection during the epidemic season in hospitalized immunocompromised infants. Prophylaxis with palivizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against the RSV F protein, is currently recommended in high-risk infants born prematurely, with chronic lung disease or congenital heart disease. Currently however the prophylaxis is not routinely recommended in infants with primary immunodeficiency, although some authors propose the extension of prophylaxis to this high risk population.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsChemopreventionHumansImmunocompromised HostImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesInfantInfant, NewbornRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsAntiviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID25089282
PMCPMC4095650
OpenAlexW2017381668

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