scholarly journals Changes in the pathogenic spectrum of acute respiratory tract infections during the COVID-19 epidemic in Beijing, China: A large-scale active surveillance study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Dong ◽  
Ming Luo ◽  
Aihua Li ◽  
Hui Xie ◽  
Cheng Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Active Surveillance ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Surveillance Study ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Beijing China

scholarly journals Prevalence of human coronaviruses in adults with acute respiratory tract infections in Beijing, China

2010 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Ren ◽  
Richard Gonzalez ◽  
Jin Xu ◽  
Yan Xiao ◽  
Yongjun Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Human Coronaviruses ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Beijing China

scholarly journals Extracellular amoebal-vesicles: potential transmission vehicles for respiratory viruses

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafik Dey ◽  
Melanie A. Folkins ◽  
Nicholas J. Ashbolt
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
Environmental Persistence ◽  
Viral Dissemination ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Tract Infections

AbstractHuman respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute respiratory tract infections in children and immunocompromised adults worldwide. Here we report that amoebae-release respirable-sized vesicles containing high concentrations of infectious RSV that persisted for the duration of the experiment. Given the ubiquity of amoebae in moist environments, our results suggest that extracellular amoebal-vesicles could contribute to the environmental persistence of respiratory viruses, including potential resistance to disinfection processes and thereby offering novel pathways for viral dissemination and transmission.

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