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.

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Invasion of the host RESPIRATORY SYSTEM by microorganisms, usually leading to pathological processes or diseases.

Descriptor ID	D012141
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.739 C08.730
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Respiratory Tract Infections".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Respiratory Tract Infections [C01.539.739]
Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08]
Respiratory Tract Infections [C08.730]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Respiratory Tract Infections".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Respiratory Tract Infections".

Respiratory Tract Infections
Empyema, Pleural
Whooping Cough

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Bar chart showing 66 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	2	0	2
2002	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
2004	2	1	3
2005	1	2	3
2006	1	3	4
2007	2	2	4
2008	2	0	2
2009	0	3	3
2010	0	2	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	2	0	2
2014	4	1	5
2015	3	0	3
2016	3	0	3
2017	1	2	3
2018	3	0	3
2019	2	1	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	3	4
2022	1	0	1
2023	4	0	4
2024	2	1	3
2025	1	0	1
2026	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Respiratory Tract Infections" by people in Profiles.

Losos WR, Wang B, Fisher K, O'Connor L, Soni A, Gerber BS. Variation in Telehealth Use in a National Home Test-to-Treat Program for Acute Respiratory Infections. Telemed J E Health. 2026 Oct; 32(10):1029-1038.

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Basham KJ, Ward RA, Vyas JM, Nolling Jensen K. Immunomodulatory functions of fungal melanins in respiratory infections. mBio. 2026 01 14; 17(1):e0214125.

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Koirala B, Azar A, Fountain B, McGuirl M, Stock S, Galdzicka M, Ellison RT. Pre-COVID-19 epidemiology of community respiratory viruses at a single US center reveals sex differences in influenza A and a higher ICU incidence of human metapneumovirus in the elderly population. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 18; 25(1):924.

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Switkowski KM, Oken E, Simonin EM, Nadeau KC, Rifas-Shiman SL, Lightdale JR. Associations of Infant Colic and Excessive Crying With Atopic Outcomes in Childhood and Adolescence. J Pediatr. 2025 08; 283:114623.

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Korkmaz FT, Quinton LJ. Extra-pulmonary control of respiratory defense. Cell Immunol. 2024 Jul-Aug; 401-402:104841.

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Cocoros NM, Eberhardt K, Nguyen VT, Brown CM, DeMaria A, Madoff LC, Randall LM, Klompas M. Electronic Health Record-Based Algorithm for Monitoring Respiratory Virus-Like Illness. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jun; 30(6):1096-1103.

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Tang HT, Nörz D, Grunwald M, Giersch K, Pfefferle S, Fischer N, Aepfelbacher M, Rohde H, Lütgehetmann M. Analytical and clinical validation of a novel, laboratory-developed, modular multiplex-PCR panel for fully automated high-throughput detection of 16 respiratory viruses. J Clin Virol. 2024 08; 173:105693.

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Dinh J, Hinkle CF, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Effect of Respiratory Viral Panel Adoption on Antibiotic Use in Ventilated Patients. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 12; 20(12):1777-1783.

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Cocoros NM, Willis SJ, Eberhardt K, Morrison M, Randall LM, DeMaria A, Brown CM, Madoff LC, Zambarano B, Sljivo S, Nagavedu K, Klompas M. Syndromic Surveillance for COVID-19, Massachusetts, February 2020-November 2022: The Impact of Fever and Severity on Algorithm Performance. Public Health Rep. 2023 Sep-Oct; 138(5):756-762.

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Ware JE, Coutinho G, Smith AB, Tselenti E, Kulasekaran A. The effects of greater frequency of two most prevalent bothersome acute respiratory symptoms on health-related quality of life in the 2020 US general population. Qual Life Res. 2023 Apr; 32(4):1043-1051.

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