Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41441711›Full record

ArticleVaccines2025

Molecular Surveillance Reveals

Mohamed A Farrag, Ibrahim M Aziz, Abdulaziz M Almuqrin, Noorah A Alkubaisi, Reem M Aljowaie, Asma N Alsaleh, Fatimah N Alanazi, Adel A Abdulmanea, Fahad N Almajhdi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Vaccines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Mohamed A FarragDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5632-6750
Ibrahim M AzizDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6970-5207
Abdulaziz M AlmuqrinDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0004-7025-6543
Noorah A AlkubaisiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8847-323X
Reem M AljowaieDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5337-5381
Asma N AlsalehDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9183-1552
Fatimah N AlanaziDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0006-3104-2096
Adel A AbdulmaneaDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad N AlmajhdiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0135-7015

Funding

King Saud University ORF-2025-198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesHuman Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) is a major global cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children. With recent approval of pre-fusion F protein-based vaccines and monoclonal antibodies, ongoing molecular surveillance is critical. This study examined HRSV molecular epidemiology and evolution in Riyadh, focusing on mutations in the attachment (G) and fusion (F) glycoproteins and their potential impact on vaccine efficacy.

methodsNasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) (200 samples) were collected from pediatric patients. HRSV-positive samples were typed, and the

resultsHRSV was detected in 15% of samples, with HRSV-B slightly predominant over HRSV-A. Infants aged 2-5 months had the highest incidence rate of infection. The ON1 subgenotype remained dominant. The duplicated region of the

conclusionsGiven the highly effective HRSV prophylactics, including the approved vaccines and monoclonal antibodies, these mutations raise critical concerns regarding vaccine efficacy against HRSV-B. These findings underscore the necessity of sustained, seasonal molecular surveillance to monitor the emergence of variants and provide a molecular basis for further clinical studies.

Indexed as

hRSV vaccinehuman respiratory syncytial virusON1Saudi Arabiasequence/phylogenetic analysisvaccine effectiveness

Identifiers

PMID41441711
PMCPMC12737416

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.