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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages S92-S96Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318168b706
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RSV; bronchiolitis; influenza; pathogenesis; cell-mediated immunity
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [N01 HV28184] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI 46004] Funding Source: Medline
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza virus are common causes of infantile lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). It is widely believed that both viral replication and inappropriately enhanced immune responses contribute to disease severity. In Infants, RSV LRTI is known to be more severe than influenza virus LRTI. We compared cytokines and chemokines in secretions of infants surviving various forms of respiratory illness caused by RSV Or influenza viruses, to determine which mediators were associated with more severe illness. We analyzed lung tissue from fatal cases of RSV and influenza LRTI to determine the types of inflammatory cells present. Quantities of lymphocyte-derived cytokines were minimal in secretions from infants with RSV infection. Concentrations of most cytokines were greater in influenza, rather than RSV, infection. Lung tissues from fatal RSV and influenza LRTI cases demonstrated extensive presence of viral antigen and a near absence of CD8-positive lymphocytes and natural killer cells, with marked expression of markers of apoptosis. Severe infantile RSV and influenza virus LRTI is characterized by inadequate (rather than excessive) adaptive immune responses, robust viral replication and apoptotic crisis.
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