Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

PreDicta chip-based high resolution diagnosis of rhinovirus-induced wheeze

  • Katarzyna Niespodziana,
  • Katarina Stenberg-Hammar,
  • Spyridon Megremis,
  • Clarissa R. Cabauatan,
  • Kamila Napora-Wijata,
  • Phyllis C. Vacal,
  • Daniela Gallerano,
  • Christian Lupinek,
  • Daniel Ebner,
  • Thomas Schlederer,
  • Christian Harwanegg,
  • Cilla Söderhäll,
  • Marianne van Hage,
  • Gunilla Hedlin,
  • Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos,
  • Rudolf Valenta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04591-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Rhinovirus (RV) infections can trigger acute exacerbations of respiratory diseases. Here, Niespodziana et al. develop a PreDicta chip that identifies the culprit RV strain from small blood samples and show that RV-A and RV-C strains are associated with most severe symptoms.