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ArticlemSphere2019

Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Herpes Simplex Virus 2 within the Infected Neonatal Population.

Lisa N Akhtar, Christopher D Bowen, Daniel W Renner, Utsav Pandey, Ashley N Della Fera, David W Kimberlin, Mark N Prichard, Richard J Whitley, Matthew D Weitzman, Moriah L Szpara

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Article in mSphere, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 36 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lisa N AkhtarDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Christopher D BowenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel W RennerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Utsav PandeyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ashley N Della FeraDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Protective Immunity and Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
David W KimberlinDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Mark N PrichardDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Richard J WhitleyDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Matthew D WeitzmanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Protective Immunity and Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA weitzmanm@email.chop.edu moriah@psu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9713-167X
Moriah L SzparaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA weitzmanm@email.chop.edu moriah@psu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9859-1678
Pennsylvania State University · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) [K12]K12HD000850 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Sallie R. Permar · 1987 to 2026
$44.1M
Role of DNA damage in the early steps of HSV infection and latency in neuronsR01NS082240 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI WEITZMAN, MATTHEW D. · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
Neurovirulence determinants of neonatal HSV diseaseK08NS109332 · NINDS · LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO · PI AKHTAR, LISA NOWOSLAWSKI · 2018 to 2022
$869k
Viral genetic correlates of invasive neonatal HSV diseaseR21AI140443 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI SZPARA, MORIAH · 2018 to 2019
$454k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI140443NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD000850NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS109332NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More than 14,000 neonates are infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) annually. Approximately half display manifestations limited to the skin, eyes, or mouth (SEM disease). The rest develop invasive infections that spread to the central nervous system (CNS disease or encephalitis) or throughout the infected neonate (disseminated disease). Invasive HSV disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but the viral and host factors that predispose neonates to these forms are unknown. To define viral diversity within the infected neonatal population, we evaluated 10 HSV-2 isolates from newborns with a range of clinical presentations. To assess viral fitness independently of host immune factors, we measured viral growth characteristics in cultured cells and found diverse

Indexed as

Genetic VariationCell LineEncephalitis, ViralFemaleGenome, ViralGenomicsGenotypeGestational AgeHerpes SimplexHerpesvirus 1, HumanHerpesvirus 2, HumanHumansInfant, NewbornMalePhenotypePregnancyViral Proteinscomparative genomicsherpes simplex virushuman herpesvirus 2minor variantsneonatalviral spread

Identifiers

PMID30814317
PMCPMC6393728
OpenAlexW2916627609

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Registered trials

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