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ReviewVaccines2021

Considerations for a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Targeting an Elderly Population.

Laura M Stephens, Steven M Varga

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Noninferior Immunogenicity and Consistent Safety of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccine in Adults 50-59 Years Compared to ≥60 Years of Age.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024
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  17. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccine Is Efficacious in Older Adults With Underlying Medical Conditions.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024
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  19. Disease burden attributable to respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in long-term care.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2024
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  20. The role of vaccination in COPD: influenza, SARS-CoV-2, pneumococcus, pertussis, RSV and varicella zoster virus.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 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.

Laura M StephensInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Steven M VargaInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7332-4290
University of Iowa · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN FREE RADICAL AND RADIATION BIOLOGYT32CA078586 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SPITZ, DOUGLAS ROBERT · 1999 to 2024
$5.7M
Balancing protection versus immunopathology by RSV-specific memory CD8 T cellsR01AI124093 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI VARGA, STEVEN M · 2017 to 2020
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA078586NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is most commonly associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children. However, RSV also causes a high disease burden in the elderly that is often under recognized. Adults >65 years of age account for an estimated 80,000 RSV-associated hospitalizations and 14,000 deaths in the United States annually. RSV infection in aged individuals can result in more severe disease symptoms including pneumonia and bronchiolitis. Given the large disease burden caused by RSV in the aged, this population remains an important target for vaccine development. Aging results in lowered immune responsiveness characterized by impairments in both innate and adaptive immunity. This immune senescence poses a challenge when developing a vaccine targeting elderly individuals. An RSV vaccine tailored towards an elderly population will need to maximize the immune response elicited in order to overcome age-related defects in the immune system. In this article, we review the hurdles that must be overcome to successfully develop an RSV vaccine for use in the elderly, and discuss the vaccine candidates currently being tested in this highly susceptible population.

Indexed as

ageddefectelderlyimmune senescencerespiratory syncytial virusRSVvaccine

Identifiers

PMID34207770
PMCPMC8228432
OpenAlexW3172120705

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