4 results on '"Bizzintino, Joelene"'
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2. Rhinovirus C is associated with wheezing and rhinovirus A is associated with pneumonia in hospitalized children in Morocco.
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Annamalay AA, Jroundi I, Bizzintino J, Khoo SK, Zhang G, Lehmann D, Laing IA, Gern J, Goldblatt J, Mahraoui C, Benmessaoud R, Moraleda C, Bassat Q, and Le Souëf P
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- Child, Preschool, Cyanosis, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, Male, Morocco, Nasopharynx virology, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Viral genetics, Respiratory Sounds, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Asthma virology, Genotype, Picornaviridae Infections pathology, Picornaviridae Infections virology, Pneumonia, Viral virology, Rhinovirus classification, Rhinovirus isolation & purification
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Human rhinovirus (RV) is commonly associated with severe acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in children. We aimed to describe the distribution of RV species and associations between RV species and clinical features in children hospitalized with clinically severe pneumonia (CSP) in Morocco. Nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) were collected from 700 children, 2-59 months of age, admitted with CSP to the Hôpital d'Enfants de Rabat in Morocco. At least one respiratory virus was identified in 92% of children, of which RV was the most common (53%). PCR assays, sequencing, and phylogenetic tree analyses were carried out on 183 RV-positive NPAs to determine RV species and genotypes. Of 157 successfully genotyped NPAs, 60 (38.2%) were RV-A, 8 (5.1%) were RV-B, and 89 (56.7%) were RV-C. Wheezing and cyanosis were more common in RV-C-positive than RV-A-positive children (80.9% vs. 56.7%; P = 0.001 for wheezing and 10.1% vs. 0%; P = 0.011 for cyanosis). Physician's discharge diagnosis of pneumonia was more frequent among RV-A-positive (40.0%) than RV-C-positive children (20.2%; P = 0.009). RV-A and RV-C showed distinct seasonal patterns. Our findings suggest that RV-C is associated with wheezing illness while RV-A is associated with pneumonia. J. Med. Virol. 89:582-588, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2017
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3. Comparison of rhinovirus antibody titers in children with asthma exacerbations and species-specific rhinovirus infection.
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Iwasaki J, Smith WA, Khoo SK, Bizzintino J, Zhang G, Cox DW, Laing IA, Le Souëf PN, Thomas WR, and Hales BJ
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- Adolescent, Asthma complications, Asthma pathology, Asthma virology, Capsid Proteins immunology, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross Reactions, Female, Humans, Immunity, Humoral, Infant, Male, Picornaviridae Infections complications, Picornaviridae Infections pathology, Picornaviridae Infections virology, Protein Binding, Rhinovirus classification, Severity of Illness Index, Species Specificity, Antibodies, Viral blood, Asthma immunology, Immunoglobulin G blood, Picornaviridae Infections immunology, Rhinovirus immunology
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Background: Asthma exacerbations are associated with human rhinovirus (HRV) infections, and more severe exacerbations are associated with HRV-C. We have previously shown that the HRV-C-specific antibody response is low in healthy adult sera and that most of the antibody to HRV-C is cross-reactive with HRV-A., Objectives: To compare the antibody response to each HRV species in asthmatic and nonasthmatic children in whom the type of HRV infection was known., Methods: Total and specific IgG₁ binding to HRV viral capsid protein antigens of HRV-A, -B, and -C were tested in the plasma from nonasthmatic children (n = 47) and children presenting to the emergency department with asthma exacerbations (n = 96). HRV, found in most of the children at the time of their exacerbation (72%), was analyzed using molecular typing., Results: Asthmatic children had higher antibody responses to HRV. The titers specific to HRV-A, and to a lesser extent HRV-B, were higher than in nonasthmatic controls. The species-specific responses to HRV-C were markedly lower than titers to HRV-A and HRV-B in both asthmatic and nonasthmatic children (P < .001). The titers both at presentation and after convalescence were not associated with the HRV genotype detected during the exacerbation., Conclusions: The higher total anti-HRV antibody titers of asthmatic children and their higher anti-HRV-A and -B titers show their development of a heightened antiviral immune response. The low species-specific HRV-C titers found in all groups, even when the virus was found, point to a different and possibly less efficacious immune response to this species., (Copyright © 2014 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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4. Prevalence of and risk factors for human rhinovirus infection in healthy aboriginal and non-aboriginal Western Australian children.
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Annamalay AA, Khoo SK, Jacoby P, Bizzintino J, Zhang G, Chidlow G, Lee WM, Moore HC, Harnett GB, Smith DW, Gern JE, LeSouef PN, Laing IA, and Lehmann D
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- Adult, Australia epidemiology, Bacteria classification, Bacteria isolation & purification, Child, Preschool, Ethnicity, Female, Genotype, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Nasopharynx microbiology, Nasopharynx virology, Prevalence, Rhinovirus classification, Rhinovirus genetics, Risk Factors, Picornaviridae Infections epidemiology, Picornaviridae Infections virology, Rhinovirus isolation & purification
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Background: Human rhinovirus (HRV) species C (HRV-C) have been associated with frequent and severe acute lower respiratory infections and asthma in hospitalized children. The prevalence of HRV-C among healthy children and whether this varies with ethnicity is unknown., Objective: To describe the prevalence of HRV species and their associations with demographic, environmental and socioeconomic factors in healthy Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children., Methods: Respiratory viruses and bacteria were identified in 1006 nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from a cohort of 79 Aboriginal and 88 non-Aboriginal Western Australian children before 2 years of age. HRV-positive nasopharyngeal aspirates were typed for HRV species and genotypes. Longitudinal growth models incorporating generalized estimating equations were used to investigate associations between HRV species and potential risk factors., Results: Of the 159 typed specimens, we identified 83 (52.2%) human rhinovirus species A (HRV-A), 26 (16.4%), human rhinovirus species B and 50 (31.4%) HRV-C. HRV-C was associated with upper respiratory symptoms in Aboriginal (odds ratio, 3.77; 95% confidence interval:1.05-13.55) and non-Aboriginal children (odds ratio, 5.85; 95% confidence interval: 2.33-14.66). HRV-A and HRV-C were associated with carriage of respiratory bacteria. In Aboriginal children, HRV-A was more common in the summer and in those whose mothers were employed prior to delivery. In non-Aboriginal children, day-care attendance and exclusive breast-feeding at age 6-8 weeks were associated with detection of HRV-A, and gestational smoking with detection of HRV-C., Conclusions: Factors associated with the presence of HRV differ between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. In contrast to HRV-A, HRV-C is associated with upper respiratory symptoms suggesting that HRV-C is likely to be implicated in respiratory illness.
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- 2012
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