21 Result(s)

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Does the viral subtype influence the biennial cycle of respiratory syncytial virus?

The epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is quite different in regions of Europe (biennial epidemics in alternating cycles of approximately 9 and 15 months) than in the Western Hemisphere (ann...

Gordana Mlinaric-Galinovic, Gordana Vojnovic, Jasna Cepin-Bogovic… in Virology Journal (2009)

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The biennial cycle of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in Croatia

The paper analyses the epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreaks in children in Croatia. Over a period of 11 consecutive winter seasons (1994–2005) 3,435 inpatients from Zagreb County age...

Gordana Mlinaric-Galinovic, Robert C Welliver, Tatjana Vilibic-Cavlek… in Virology Journal (2008)

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Lactoferrin Reverses Respiratory Abnormalities in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection of Mice

Robert C Welliver, Karen M Hintz, Robert M Shalwitz in Pediatric Research (1999)

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Eosinophilia at the Time of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Bronchiolitis in Infancy Predicts Wheezing in Later Childhood

Daryl Ehlenfield, Robert C Welliver in Pediatric Research (1999)

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Surfactant Dysfunction Develops in BALB/c Mice Infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Recent reports suggest an important role for pulmonary surfactant in maintaining the patency of narrow conducting airways. The hypothesis that surfactant dysfunction is an important factor in respiratory syncy...

Sandrijn M Van Schaik, Ida Vargas, Robert C Welliver, Goran Enhorning in Pediatric Research (1997)

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Ciliated Human Respiratory Epithelium: A New Model for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection. • 774

Debra A Tristram, Robert C Welliver, Wesley L Hicks Jr., Robert Hard in Pediatric Research (1997)

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The Effect of Early, Outpatient Intervention with Prednisolone on Clinical Illness and Mediator Release in Bronchiolitis † 545

Lucy C.H. Holmes, Robert C. Welliver, Stephen J., Debra A. Tristram in Pediatric Research (1997)

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EARLY PREDICTORS OF MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IN ADOLESCENTS. 1103

Debra A Tristram, Kathleen Batt, Ann M Lenane, Robert C Welliver in Pediatric Research (1996)

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RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION CAUSES OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE IN BALB/C MICE, AS DETECTED BY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY. ▴ 1107

Sandryn M Van Schaik, Robert C Welliver, Ida Vargas, Goran Enhorning in Pediatric Research (1996)

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T-HELPER CYTOKINE RESPONSE IN INFANTS WITH EARLY RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS(RSV) INFECTION. ▴ 1104

Debra A Tristram, Kathy **, Ezzat Assian, Robert C Welliver in Pediatric Research (1996)

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RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN AS PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. • 662

Eric A.F Simoes, Henry M Sondheimer, H. Cody Meissner… in Pediatric Research (1996)

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Activation of Human Eosinophils In Vitro by Respiratory Syncytial Virus

ABSTRACT: To determine the nature of the interaction between viruses and eosinophils, normodense eosinophils were separated from the blood of healthy volunteers and incubated in vitro with respiratory syncytial v...

Jan L L Kimpen, Roberto Garofalo, Robert C Welliver, Pearay L Ogra in Pediatric Research (1992)

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The Release of Leukotrienes in the Respiratory Tract during Infection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Role in Obstructive Airway Disease

ABSTRACT: Samples of nasopharyngeal secretions from a group of 73 infants with bronchiolitis or upper respiratory illness alone during infection with respiratory syncytial virus were analyzed for leukotriene C₄ (...

Benjamin Volovitz, Robert C Welliver, Giovanna De Castro… in Pediatric Research (1988)

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Defective Regulation of Immune Responses in Croup Due to Parainfluenza Virus

ABSTRACT: In order to determine if defects in regulation of immune responses play a role in the pathogenesis of croup, we studied 37 infants and children with either croup or upper respiratory illness alone du...

Robert C Welliver, Martha Sun, Deborah Rinaldo in Pediatric Research (1985)

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Specific IgE Responses following Infection: Evidence for a Predominantly Mucosal Response

ABSTRACT: In order to determine whether IgE production occurs predominantly at mucosal or systemic sites, we studied the production of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)- specific antibody in serum and nasophar...

Robert C Welliver, Martha Sun, Deborah Rinaldo, Pearay L Ogra in Pediatric Research (1985)

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599 PARAINFLUENZA BRONCHIOLITIS: ROLE OF ENVIRONMENT IN PATHOGENESIS AND OUTCOME

In order to determine the natural history of bronchiolitis (Br) due to parainfluenza virus (PV), 52 infants were followed prospectively from birth or from the time of an episode of Br due to PV until 4 years o...

Robert C Welliver in Pediatric Research (1985)

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598 THE EFFECT OF VIRAL LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN INFANCY ON PULMONARY FUNCTION IN CHILDHOOD PROSPECTIVE STUDY

A group of infants who developed bronchiolitis in the first 18 months of life and a control group of normal infants were followed from birth through six years of age in order to determine the effects of viral ...

Robert C Welliver, Deborah Rinaldo, Katherine Riddlesberger… in Pediatric Research (1985)

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Sales of Nonprescription Cold Remedies: A Unique Method of Influenza Surveillance

Summary: In 1976, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease sponsored a nationwide network for influenza surveillance. In this paper, in addition to reporting the surveillance findings in Los An...

Robert C Welliver, James D Cherry, Kenneth M Boyer… in Pediatric Research (1979)

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362 EPIDEMIC MEASLES 1976–1977: EPIDEMIOLOGIC, SEROLOGIC AND REVACCINATION STUDIES

During 1976-1977, we obtained measles historical and HAI antibody titers in 421 children and 875 UCLA students and employees and revaccinated those with HAI titers <5. Seventy-five percent of 421 subjects at C...

Peter J Krause, Jaime Deseda-Tous, James D Cherry, Mark Strassburg… in Pediatric Research (1978)