 Respiratory Tract Infections
"Respiratory Tract Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Invasion of the host RESPIRATORY SYSTEM by microorganisms, usually leading to pathological processes or diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D012141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.739 C08.730
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| Concept/Terms |
Respiratory Tract Infections- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Infection, Respiratory Tract
- Respiratory Tract Infection
- Respiratory Infections
- Infections, Respiratory
- Infections, Respiratory Tract
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections- Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
- Infections, Upper Respiratory Tract
- Upper Respiratory Infections
- Infections, Upper Respiratory
- Respiratory Infection, Upper
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2004 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2005 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2006 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2008 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 9 | 1 | 10 | | 2014 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2016 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 2018 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2019 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2020 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2021 | 14 | 2 | 16 | | 2022 | 13 | 0 | 13 | | 2023 | 16 | 0 | 16 | | 2024 | 13 | 9 | 22 | | 2025 | 11 | 2 | 13 | | 2026 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Respiratory Tract Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Quincer EM, Vazquez-Benitez G, Weintraub ES, Walton K, Wang L, Vesco KK, Henninger ML, Daley MF, Hambidge SJ, Williams JTB, Donahue JG, Zerbo O, Getahun D, Jackson LA, Fuller CC, Lipkind HS, Naleway AL, McNeil MM, Kharbanda EO. Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy and Safety Among Infants. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2026 Jun 12; 15(6).
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Hartert T, Rosas-Salazar C, Newcomb DC, Snyder BM, Berdnikovs S, McKennan C, Osmundson S, Liu Z, Tafoya E, Folad W, Simon P, Reiss S, Poleon K, Cephus JY, Kuehnle SN, McKernan KE, Ma S, Anderson LJ, Gebretsadik T. The Wheezing, Asthma and Viral effects on the Epithelial Structure and function (WAVES) birth cohort study: rationale, design and methods to understand airway development and the role of early-life respiratory viral infections on childhood asthma inception. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2026 Jun 09; 13(1).
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Zemanick ET, Somayaji R. Clearing the Air: Rethinking Airway Infection With CFTR Modulators. J Infect Dis. 2026 04 29; 233(4):628-630.
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Hansen L, Guthmiller JJ. Nasal humoral immunity: the first line of protection against respiratory pathogens. Immunohorizons. 2026 Apr 22; 10(S4).
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Lydon EC, Deosthale P, Glascock A, Phan HV, Osborne CM, Leroue MK, Allen J, Mick E, Wagner BD, DeRisi JL, Ambroggio L, Mourani PM, Langelier CR. Host-microbiome archetypes differentiate infection from pathogen carriage in the human lower airway. Nat Commun. 2026 Apr 13; 17(1).
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Palmu T, Lehtonen J, Elding Larsson H, Lynch KF, Jonsdottir B, Cilio C, Schatz D, Rewers M, Hyöty H, Lönnrot M. Association of fever and infections with the subsequent risk of atopic diseases in children with genetic susceptibility for T1D: Results from the TEDDY cohort study. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2025 Oct; 36(10):e70209.
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Moore CM, Secor EA, Fairbanks-Mahnke A, Everman JL, Elhawary JR, Witonsky JI, Pruesse E, Chang CH, Contreras MG, Eng C, Canales K, Rosado T, Hu D, Huntsman S, Jackson ND, Li Y, Lopez N, Valentin AM, Medina V, Montanez-Lopez CA, Morin A, Nieves NA, Oh SS, Otero RA, Colon R, Rodriguez L, Sajuthi SP, Salazar S, Serrano G, Morales EV, Vazquez G, Morales NV, Williams BJM, Zhang P, Sheppard D, Santana JRR, Seibold MA. Independent and interactive effects of viral species on early-life lower respiratory tract illness. J Infect. 2025 Oct; 91(4):106616.
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El Feghaly RE, Herigon J, Wattles BA, Kronman MP, Smith MJ, Patel SJ, Poole NM, Olivero R, Wirtz AL, Lee BR. Identifying successful pediatric outpatient antimicrobial stewardship strategies through benchmarking: A multi-institutional project. Am J Infect Control. 2025 Dec; 53(12):1313-1319.
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Allen AJ, Nguyen N, Lorman V, Maltenfort M, Saleh Mohammad Mosa A, Sekar A, Mejias A, Taylor E, Mendonca EA, Nabower AM, Oxner A, Paules C, Williams DA, Christakis DA, Sills MR, Jhaveri R, Gonzalez S, Blecker S, Suresh S, Schuyler Jones W, Charles Bailey L, Cummins MR, Chrischilles EA, Forrest CB, Rao S. Respiratory and Other Infections Following COVID. Pediatrics. 2025 Sep 01; 156(3).
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Hoppe JE, Vigers T, Trujillo A, Hanley E, Sagel SD, Zemanick ET. Impact of Home Collection and Shipping of Respiratory Specimens on Bacterial Pathogen Detection in Children With Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Sep; 60(9):e71289.
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