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ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2022

A Virus Is a Community: Diversity within Negative-Sense RNA Virus Populations.

Lavinia J González Aparicio, Carolina B López, Sébastien A Felt

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Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lavinia J González AparicioDepartment of Molecular Microbiology Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3994-9291
Carolina B LópezDepartment of Molecular Microbiology Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7669-6572
Sébastien A FeltDepartment of Molecular Microbiology Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2942-7203
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Defective Viral genomes in RSV pathogenesisR01AI137062 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Carolina B. Lopez · 2018 to 2026
$4.2M
Mechanisms of DDO AdjuvancyR01AI134862 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LOPEZ, CAROLINA B. · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134862NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Negative-sense RNA virus populations are composed of diverse viral components that interact to form a community and shape the outcome of virus infections. At the genomic level, RNA virus populations consist not only of a homogeneous population of standard viral genomes but also of an extremely large number of genome variants, termed viral quasispecies, and nonstandard viral genomes, which include copy-back viral genomes, deletion viral genomes, mini viral RNAs, and hypermutated RNAs. At the particle level, RNA virus populations are composed of pleomorphic particles, particles missing or having additional genomes, and single particles or particle aggregates. As we continue discovering more about the components of negative-sense RNA virus populations and their crucial functions during virus infection, it will become more important to study RNA virus populations as a whole rather than their individual parts. In this review, we will discuss what is known about the components of negative-sense RNA virus communities, speculate how the components of the virus community interact, and summarize what vaccines and antiviral therapies are being currently developed to target or harness these components.

Indexed as

Negative-Sense RNA VirusesRNA VirusesGenome, ViralRNA, ViralVirus AssemblyRNA, Viralantiviral immunitycopy-backscopy-back viral genomesdeletion viral genomesfilamentous particlesmultiple genome packagingnegative-sense RNA virusnonstandard viral genomessemi-infectious particlesviral quasispeciesvirion aggregationvirusvirus community

Identifiers

PMID35658541
PMCPMC9491172
OpenAlexW4281913573

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Registered trials

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