Sentences with phrase «rhinovirus infections»

In principle, if further tests bear out the protective effects of the two antibodies, then optimized versions of them, or small - molecule drugs that hit the same target, could be developed as treatments for rhinovirus infections.

Boeckh and his colleagues found that rhinovirus infection led to pneumonia less often than the other viruses.

Not exact matches

In contrast to what researchers believed in the past, their study showed that rhinovirus is linked to pneumonia and death even without any other co-existing infections, strongly suggesting that the so - called mild virus can be dangerous all on its own.

«So many of our patients get rhinovirus, but most of the infections are mild and we want to know who would likely benefit from any potential therapies,» Waghmare said.

Her team's next step will be to understand whether certain patients are at higher risk for getting infected with rhinovirus in the first place and to ask if there are other risk factors for pneumonia and other poor outcomes from the infection.

In one study 10 subjects handled a coffee cup contaminated with rhinovirus — and half subsequently developed an infection.

This rhinovirus reliably kills HeLa cells, a line of human - derived cells that have long been used in studies of viral infection.

The scientists identified CDHR3 as a potential candidate by analyzing cells that either were or were not susceptible to rhinovirus C infection.

Differences in the Nasopharyngeal Microbiome During Acute Respiratory Tract Infection With Human Rhinovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infancy.

In people, rhinovirus C infection can be especially severe in children, notes James Gern, another senior author of the study and a professor of allergy and immunology in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

For instance, Liu uncovered physical features of rhinovirus C that help explain why it is resistant to standard antiviral treatments, how it interacts with cells to cause infection, and why it behaves as a different disease from other members of the enterovirus family.

For some people (young children, in particular) rhinovirus C infection can be a precursor or complicating factor for asthma.

Rhinovirus C infections are also a major contributor to poor outcomes for people with chronic lung conditions like cystic fibrosis, and early exposure to the virus can cause lifelong lung scarring leading to persistent respiratory difficulties later, says Palmenberg.

Infection with human rhinovirus, the most common cause of asthma exacerbation in adults and children, was restricted to ciliated cells and resulted in ciliated cell apical sloughing and goblet cell hyperplasia, replicating hallmarks of cytopathology observed in vivo.

It's the most prevalent type of upper respiratory infection (URI) and is caused by a virus (rhinovirus).