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The burgeoning burden of respiratory syncytial virus among childrenCaroline Breese Hall
Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Infect Disord Drug Targets 12:92-7. 2012..Only widespread immunization of children is likely to diminish the current burden of RSV infection...
Transplacental congenital human herpesvirus 6 infection caused by maternal chromosomally integrated virusCaroline Breese Hall
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
J Infect Dis 201:505-7. 2010..This suggests the possibility that CI-HHV-6 replicates and may cause most, if not all, congenital HHV-6 infections...
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young childrenCaroline Breese Hall
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
N Engl J Med 360:588-98. 2009..The primary role of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in causing infant hospitalizations is well recognized, but the total burden of RSV infection among young children remains poorly defined...
Chromosomal integration of human herpesvirus 6 is the major mode of congenital human herpesvirus 6 infectionCaroline Breese Hall
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 689, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Pediatrics 122:513-20. 2008..We examined the frequency and characteristics of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6 among congenitally infected children...
The spread of influenza and other respiratory viruses: complexities and conjecturesCaroline Breese Hall
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14624, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:353-9. 2007
Characteristics and acquisition of human herpesvirus (HHV) 7 infections in relation to infection with HHV-6Caroline Breese Hall
Department of Pediatrics, and Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
J Infect Dis 193:1063-9. 2006..These findings, previously unrecognized in otherwise healthy children, suggest that HHV-7 viremia could represent primary or reactivated infection and may be affected by the interaction between HHV-6 and HHV-7...
Congenital infections with human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) and human herpesvirus 7 (HHV7)Caroline Breese Hall
Department of Pediatrics, Cancer Center at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
J Pediatr 145:472-7. 2004....
Respiratory syncytial virus infections in previously healthy working adultsC B Hall
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
Clin Infect Dis 33:792-6. 2001....
Nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infections: the "Cold War" has not endedC B Hall
Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Clin Infect Dis 31:590-6. 2000..Hand washing is probably the most important infection control procedure. The choice of barrier controls should be decided by individual institutions depending on the patients, the type of ward, and the benefit relative to cost...
Detection of human herpesvirus 6 by reverse transcription-PCRR A Norton
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
J Clin Microbiol 37:3672-5. 1999..2%) and a specificity of 98.8%. This RT-PCR assay can reliably differentiate between latent and actively replicating HHV-6 and should allow insight into the pathogenesis of this ubiquitous virus...
Respiratory syncytial virus and premature infants born at 32 weeks' gestation or earlier: hospitalization and economic implications of prophylaxisT P Stevens
Division of Neonatology, Children s Hospital at Strong University of Rochester, NY, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154:55-61. 2000....
Predicting deterioration in previously healthy infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus infectionA M Brooks
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
Pediatrics 104:463-7. 1999....
Human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 and HHV-7 infections in pregnant womenMary T Caserta
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
J Infect Dis 196:1296-303. 2007..We prospectively studied HHV-6 and HHV-7 at multiple sites in pregnant women to determine the characteristics of these viruses at repeated time points...
The conundrum of colds in the corpsCaroline Breese Hall
Clin Infect Dis 41:318-9. 2005
Respiratory syncytial virus: concerns and controlCarol A McCarthy
Pediatric Infectious Disease, Maine Medical Center, USA
Pediatr Rev 24:301-9. 2003
Diagnostic assays for respiratory syncytial virus diseaseKelly J Henrickson
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:S36-40. 2007..As these new diagnostic methodologies emerge, guidelines will be needed to direct their appropriate use in the diagnostic laboratory...
Research Grants
- PRIMARY HHV6 INFECTION--CLINICAL & VIRAL CHARACTERISTICSCaroline Hall; Fiscal Year: 2001..A matched subgroup of 180 (90 with seizures from HHV-6 and 90 with seizures not from HHV-6) will be compared for neurologic development after 3 years by neurologic examinations and standardized neuropsychologic testing. ..
- PRIMARY HHV-6 INFECTION: CLINICAL/VIRAL CHARACTERISTICSCaroline Hall; Fiscal Year: 1993..Neurotropic strains will be examined by using PCR to amplify directly HHV-6 gene sequences and strains compared by restriction endonuclease digestion profiles and by selective cell tropism in primary fetal neural cell types...
- Congenital HHV6 Infection: Characteristics and OutcomeCaroline Hall; Fiscal Year: 2007..Correlation of these measurements with the viral and clinical characteristics in Aim I may allow early identification of risk factors that are predictive of future disabilities. ..
