Viral pneumonia

O Ruuskanen, E Lahti, LC Jennings, DR Murdoch - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
About 200 million cases of viral community-acquired pneumonia occur every year—100
million in children and 100 million in adults. Molecular diagnostic tests have greatly …

Human bocavirus—the first 5 years

T Jartti, K Hedman, L Jartti… - Reviews in medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Four species of human bocavirus (HBoV) have been recently discovered and classified in
the Bocavirus genus (family Parvoviridae, subfamily Parvovirinae). Although detected both …

Identification of respiratory viruses in asymptomatic subjects: asymptomatic respiratory viral infections

T Jartti, L Jartti, V Peltola, M Waris… - The Pediatric infectious …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The medical literature of the past 4 decades was searched regarding respiratory virus
detection by polymerase chain reaction and conventional methods (culture, antigen …

Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in 254 hospitalized children

T JUVéN, J Mertsola, M Waris… - The Pediatric …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Background. Childhood community-acquired pneumonia is a common illness, but there
have been relatively few comprehensive studies of the viral and bacterial etiology in …

Viruses and bacteria in the etiology of the common cold

MJ Mäkelä, T Puhakka, O Ruuskanen… - Journal of clinical …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Two hundred young adults with common colds were studied during a 10-month period. Virus
culture, antigen detection, PCR, and serology with paired samples were used to identify the …

Human bocavirus and acute wheezing in children

T Allander, T Jartti, S Gupta… - Clinical Infectious …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background. Human bocavirus is a newly discovered parvovirus. It has been detected
primarily in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection, but its occurrence, clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory picornaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus as causative agents of acute expiratory wheezing in children

T Jartti, P Lehtinen, T Vuorinen… - Emerging infectious …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We studied the viral etiology of acute expiratory wheezing (bronchiolitis, acute asthma) in
293 hospitalized children in a 2-year prospective study in Finland. A potential causative viral …

Influenza vaccination in the prevention of acute otitis media in children

T Heikkinen, O Ruuskanen, M Waris… - American journal of …, 1991 - jamanetwork.com
• We studied a new approach to the prevention of acute otitis media through the
administration of influenza vaccine to 187 day-care center children aged 1 to 3 years before …

Metapneumovirus and acute wheezing in children

T Jartti, B Van Den Hoogen, RP Garofalo… - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
A new respiratory virus, human metapneumovirus, was recently identified. We detected this
virus by PCR in ten (8%) of 132 consecutive children admitted to Turku Hospital, Finland, for …

Serum procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 for distinguishing bacterial and viral pneumonia in children

P Toikka, K Irjala, T Juven, R Virkki… - The Pediatric …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective. Serum procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)
concentrations were measured in 126 children hospitalized for community-acquired …