| Title |
Vertical Transmission of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Modulates Pre- and Postnatal Innervation and Reactivity of Rat Airways
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0061309 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Giovanni Piedimonte, Cheryl Walton, Lennie Samsell |
| Abstract |
Environmental exposure to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of respiratory infections in infants, but it remains unknown whether this infection is transmitted transplacentally from the lungs of infected mothers to the offspring. We sought to test the hypothesis that RSV travels from the respiratory tract during pregnancy, crosses the placenta to the fetus, persists in the lung tissues of the offspring, and modulates pre- and postnatal expression of growth factors, thereby predisposing to airway hyperreactivity. |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Kenya | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 96% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 12 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 9 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 18% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 16% |
| Unknown | 12 | 24% |