parainfluenza virus


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a virus that causes upper respiratory infection (including the common cold and bronchiolitis)

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Among those, 175 children positive for any influenza A or B virus; RSV A-B, rhinovirus, adenovirus, metapneumovirus A-B, parainfluenza virus 1 and 3, bocavirus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, enterovirus, coronavirus OC43, 229E, and HKU1 were shown to be infected dually with influenza A and B viruses.
pertussis NA NA Total 93.5 (88.4-96.5) 99.7(99.4-99.9) EV, enterovirus; HCoV; human coronavirus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus; PIF, parainfluenza virus; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, NA; not applicable; Ref, reference; Pos, positive; Neg, negative.
Premature infant population may develop parainfluenza virus infection with atypical or even clinically unapparent signs and symptoms [6] as in our patient.
Gay et al., "DAS181 treatment of hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients with parainfluenza virus lung disease requiring mechanical ventilation," Transplant Infectious Disease, vol.
The genome length of human parainfluenza virus type 2 follows the rule of six, and recombinant viruses recovered from non-polyhexameric-length antigenomic cDNAs contain a biased distribution of correcting mutations.
Comparison of differing cytopathic effects in human airway epithelium of parainfluenza virus 5 (W3A), parainfluenza virus type 3, and respiratory syncytial virus.
Human parainfluenza virus 1-3 screening from children with acute respiratory infection
Identification of a natural human serotype 3 parainfluenza virus. Virol J.
Among these agents, influenza, parainfluenza virus (PIV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) generally lead to epidemics, while adenovirus, coronavirus and rhinovirus cause to endemic infections.
Human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV-1), which is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, is an enveloped virus with a single-stranded RNA genome [1, 2].
Using a vector process developed in He's lab that uses the common canine virus parainfluenza virus 5, or PIV5, his research showed for the first time that a single dose of immunization protected against H1N1 and H5N1, two different subtypes of influenza A virus.
This vaccination will also typically contain the Adenovirus and Parainfluenza virus of dogs.
Although harmless in humans, parainfluenza virus 5, or PIV5, is thought to contribute to upper respiratory infections in dogs, and it is a common target for canine vaccines designed to prevent kennel cough.