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ReviewViruses2021

Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Adenovirus Respiratory Infection in Children and Young Adults.

Giovanni Battista Biserni, Sara Scarpini, Arianna Dondi, Carlotta Biagi, Luca Pierantoni, Riccardo Masetti, Sugitha Sureshkumar, Alessandro Rocca, Marcello Lanari

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Adenoviral Infections in Immunocompetent Children.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Giovanni Battista BiserniSpecialty School of Pediatrics, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3086-7863
Sara ScarpiniSpecialty School of Pediatrics, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1094-8703
Arianna DondiPediatric Emergency Unit, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare (IRCCS), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7516-243X
Carlotta BiagiPediatric Emergency Unit, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare (IRCCS), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Luca PierantoniPediatric Emergency Unit, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare (IRCCS), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8175-5488
Riccardo MasettiPediatric Unit, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare (IRCCS), Sant Orsola Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1264-057X
Sugitha SureshkumarInstitute of Global Health, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Alessandro RoccaPediatric Emergency Unit, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare (IRCCS), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3406-630X
Marcello LanariPediatric Emergency Unit, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare (IRCCS), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Azienda USL di Bologna · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human Adenoviruses (HAdV) are known to be potentially associated with strong inflammatory responses and morbidity in pediatric patients. Although most of the primary infections are self-limiting, the severity of clinical presentation, the elevation of the white blood cell count and inflammatory markers often mimic a bacterial infection and lead to an inappropriate use of antibiotics. In infections caused by HAdV, rapid antigen detection kits are advisable but not employed routinely; costs and feasibility of rapid syndromic molecular diagnosis may limit its use in the in-hospital setting; lymphocyte cultures and two-sampled serology are time consuming and impractical when considering the use of antibiotics. In this review, we aim to describe the principal diagnostic tools and the immune response in HAdV infections and evaluate whether markers based on the response of the host may help early recognition of HAdV and avoid inappropriate antimicrobial prescriptions in acute airway infections.

Indexed as

Adenovirus Infections, HumanBiomarkersChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantPrognosisRespiratory Tract InfectionsYoung AdultBiomarkersacute upper respiratory tract infectionsadenoviruschildreninflammatory markerspneumonia

Identifiers

PMID34578465
PMCPMC8472906
OpenAlexW3199384983

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