Journal article
Epidemiology and immune pathogenesis of viral sepsis
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Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Sepsis can be caused by a broad range of pathogens; however, bacterial infections represent the majority of sepsis cases. Up to 42% of sepsis presentations are culture negative, suggesting a non-bacterial cause. Despite this, diagnosis of viral sepsis remains very rare. Almost any virus can cause sepsis in vulnerable patients (e.g., neonates, infants, and other immunosuppressed groups). The pre...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Funding
+ British Research Council
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Pollard, A
Grant:
Senior Investigator
+ National Institute for Health Research
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Pollard, A
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Senior Investigator
ThamesValley
sClinicalResearchNetwork
SouthMidl
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Frontiers in Immunology Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Pages:
- 2147
- Publication date:
- 2018-09-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-08-30
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1664-3224
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:926373
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- Local pid:
- pubs:926373
- Source identifiers:
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926373
- Deposit date:
- 2018-10-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Lin et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 Lin, McGinley, Drysdale and Pollard. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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