Airway response to respiratory syncytial virus has incidental antibacterial effects
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can trigger secondary airway bacterial infections. Here, by proteomics and metagenomics analyses of samples from Kenyan children, the authors report that RSV associates with Streptococcus burden and a local upper airway response with direct antibacterial properties.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Charles J. Sande,
James M. Njunge,
Joyce Mwongeli Ngoi,
Martin N. Mutunga,
Timothy Chege,
Elijah T. Gicheru,
Elizabeth M. Gardiner,
Agnes Gwela,
Christopher A. Green,
Simon B. Drysdale,
James A. Berkley,
D. James Nokes,
Andrew J. Pollard |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10222-z
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