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ReviewmSphere2020

Humoral Immunity to Hantavirus Infection.

Taylor B Engdahl, James E Crowe

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In one paragraph

Review in mSphere, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effect ofMicroorganisms · 2026
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  6. Hantavirus GnACS infectious diseases · 2025
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  12. Mathematical Model of the Spread of Hantavirus Infection.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  13. ZoonoticViruses · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taylor B EngdahlDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6280-4405
James E CroweDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA james.crowe@vumc.org.ORCID 0000-0002-0049-1079
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAM AT VANDERBILTT32GM008320 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CHAZIN, WALTER J. · 1989 to 2023
$7.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hantaviruses are zoonotic pathogens found in parts of Europe, Asia, South America, and North America, which can cause renal and respiratory failure with fatality rates up to 40%. There are currently no FDA-approved vaccines or therapeutics for hantavirus-related diseases; however, it is evident that a robust neutralizing antibody response is critical for protection from severe disease. Although virologists first described this family of viruses in the 1950s, there is limited information on the neutralizing epitopes that exist on the hantavirus antigenic glycoproteins, Gn and Gc, and sites important for the design of effective therapeutics and vaccines. We provide a thorough summary of the hantavirus field from an immunological perspective. In particular, we discuss our current structural knowledge of antigenic proteins Gn and Gc, identification of B cell neutralizing epitopes, previously isolated monoclonal antibodies and their cross-reactivity between different hantavirus strains, and current developments toward vaccines and therapeutics. We conclude with some outstanding questions in the field and emphasize the need for additional studies of the human antibody response to hantavirus infection.

Indexed as

Immunity, HumoralAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, ViralClinical Trials as TopicEpitopes, B-LymphocyteHantavirus InfectionsHumansMiceOrthohantavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, ViralEpitopes, B-Lymphocyteantibody functionB cell responsesbunyavirushantavirusneutralizing antibodies

Identifiers

PMID32669473
PMCPMC7364217
OpenAlexW3042332502

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Registered trials

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