E E Walsh

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Affiliation: Rochester General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults: use of a single-tube "hanging droplet" nested PCR
    E E Walsh
    Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14621, USA
    J Med Virol 63:259-63. 2001
  2. ncbi Relationship of serum antibody to risk of respiratory syncytial virus infection in elderly adults
    A R Falsey
    Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Rochester General Hospital, New York 14621, USA
    J Infect Dis 177:463-6. 1998
  3. ncbi A simple and reproducible method for collecting nasal secretions in frail elderly adults, for measurement of virus-specific IgA
    E E Walsh
    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY 14621, USA
    J Infect Dis 179:1268-73. 1999
  4. ncbi Comparison of respiratory syncytial virus humoral immunity and response to infection in young and elderly adults
    A R Falsey
    Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York 14621, USA
    J Med Virol 59:221-6. 1999
  5. ncbi Monoclonal antibody neutralization escape mutants of respiratory syncytial virus with unique alterations in the attachment (G) protein
    E E Walsh
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Rochester General Hospital, New York 14621, USA
    J Gen Virol 79:479-87. 1998
  6. ncbi Respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults
    A R Falsey
    Rochester General Hospital and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14621, USA
    Clin Microbiol Rev 13:371-84. 2000
  7. ncbi Pattern recognition receptors TLR4 and CD14 mediate response to respiratory syncytial virus
    E A Kurt-Jones
    Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
    Nat Immunol 1:398-401. 2000

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults: use of a single-tube "hanging droplet" nested PCR
    E E Walsh
    Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14621, USA
    J Med Virol 63:259-63. 2001
    ..Use of a nested RT-PCR significantly improves the ability to detect RSV in respiratory samples and should improve the ability to rapidly diagnose RSV infection in adults, especially in the elderly...
  2. ncbi Relationship of serum antibody to risk of respiratory syncytial virus infection in elderly adults
    A R Falsey
    Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Rochester General Hospital, New York 14621, USA
    J Infect Dis 177:463-6. 1998
    ..1 +/- 2.1, vs. 10.3 +/- 1.5, P = .01). These results suggest that older adults with low titers of serum neutralizing antibody may be at greater risk of developing symptomatic RSV infection than those who have high antibody titers...
  3. ncbi A simple and reproducible method for collecting nasal secretions in frail elderly adults, for measurement of virus-specific IgA
    E E Walsh
    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY 14621, USA
    J Infect Dis 179:1268-73. 1999
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  4. ncbi Comparison of respiratory syncytial virus humoral immunity and response to infection in young and elderly adults
    A R Falsey
    Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York 14621, USA
    J Med Virol 59:221-6. 1999
    ..These data suggest that the severe clinical manifestations of RSV in the elderly are not due to a significant defect in humoral immunity...
  5. ncbi Monoclonal antibody neutralization escape mutants of respiratory syncytial virus with unique alterations in the attachment (G) protein
    E E Walsh
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Rochester General Hospital, New York 14621, USA
    J Gen Virol 79:479-87. 1998
    ..The predominant form of G produced by RSV-3 was found in infected cell supernatants, consistent with the size of secreted G...
  6. ncbi Respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults
    A R Falsey
    Rochester General Hospital and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14621, USA
    Clin Microbiol Rev 13:371-84. 2000
    ..An effective RSV vaccine has not yet been developed, and thus prevention of RSV infection is limited to standard infection control practices such as hand washing and the use of gowns and gloves...
  7. ncbi Pattern recognition receptors TLR4 and CD14 mediate response to respiratory syncytial virus
    E A Kurt-Jones
    Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
    Nat Immunol 1:398-401. 2000
    ..RSV persisted longer in the lungs of infected TLR4-deficient mice compared to normal mice. Thus, a common receptor activation pathway can initiate innate immune responses to both bacterial and viral pathogens...