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ArticleEBioMedicine2017

Intravenous Immunoglobulin Protects Against Severe Pandemic Influenza Infection.

Steven Rockman, Sue Lowther, Sarina Camuglia, Kirsten Vandenberg, Shirley Taylor, Lou Fabri, Sylvia Miescher, Martin Pearse, Deborah Middleton, Stephen J Kent and 1 more

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Steven RockmanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Seqirus, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: steve.rockman@seqirus.com.
Sue LowtherCSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Sarina CamugliaSeqirus, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Kirsten VandenbergSeqirus, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Shirley TaylorCSL Limited, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Lou FabriCSL Limited, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Sylvia MiescherCSL Behring, Bern, Switzerland.
Martin PearseCSL Limited, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Deborah MiddletonCSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Stephen J KentDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: skent@unimelb.edu.au.
Darryl MaherCSL Behring, Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia.
CSL (Australia) · AUPeter Doherty Institute · AUAustralian Centre for Disease Preparedness · AUCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AUCSL (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza is a highly contagious, acute, febrile respiratory infection that can have fatal consequences particularly in individuals with chronic illnesses. Sporadic reports suggest that intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) may be efficacious in the influenza setting. We investigated the potential of human IVIg to ameliorate influenza infection in ferrets exposed to either the pandemic H1N1/09 virus (pH1N1) or highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). IVIg administered at the time of influenza virus exposure led to a significant reduction in lung viral load following pH1N1 challenge. In the lethal H5N1 model, the majority of animals given IVIg survived challenge in a dose dependent manner. Protection was also afforded by purified F(ab')

Indexed as

Influenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCytokinesFerretsHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousLungOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPandemicsRNA, MessengerViral LoadVirus ReplicationAntibodies, ViralCytokinesImmunoglobulins, IntravenousRNA, MessengerAntibodyInfluenzaIntravenous immunoglobulinIVIgPassive immunotherapyPlasmaSerum

Identifiers

PMID28408242
PMCPMC5440604
OpenAlexW2604362483

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