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Viruses exacerbating chronic pulmonary disease: the role of immune modulation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medicine, March 2012
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Title
Viruses exacerbating chronic pulmonary disease: the role of immune modulation
Published in
BMC Medicine, March 2012
DOI 10.1186/1741-7015-10-27
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Authors

Aran Singanayagam, Priya V Joshi, Patrick Mallia, Sebastian L Johnston

Abstract

Chronic pulmonary diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and their impact is expected to increase in the future. Respiratory viruses are the most common cause of acute respiratory infections and it is increasingly recognized that respiratory viruses are a major cause of acute exacerbations of chronic pulmonary diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. There is now increasing evidence that the host response to virus infection is dysregulated in these diseases and a better understanding of the mechanisms of abnormal immune responses has the potential to lead to the development of new therapies for virus-induced exacerbations. The aim of this article is to review the current knowledge regarding the role of viruses and immune modulation in chronic pulmonary diseases and discuss avenues for future research and therapeutic implications.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
Japan 1 1%
Egypt 1 1%
Unknown 88 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 19%
Researcher 15 16%
Student > Bachelor 13 14%
Student > Master 10 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 6%
Other 15 16%
Unknown 17 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 27 29%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 17%
Immunology and Microbiology 13 14%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 5%
Other 7 7%
Unknown 21 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 March 2012.
All research outputs
#7,313,909
of 22,663,969 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#2,563
of 3,397 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#51,338
of 156,786 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#23
of 34 outputs
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