AN INDIAN HOSPITAL STUDY OF VIRAL CAUSES OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY-INFECTION IN CHILDREN

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作者
JAIN, A
PANDE, A
MISRA, PK
MATHUR, A
CHATURVEDI, UC
机构
[1] KING GEORGE V MEM HOSP,POSTGRAD DEPT MICROBIOL,LUCKNOW 226003,UTTAR PRADESH,INDIA
[2] KING GEORGE V MEM HOSP,POSTGRAD DEPT PAEDIAT,LUCKNOW 226003,UTTAR PRADESH,INDIA
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10.1099/00222615-35-4-219
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
From Sept. 1986 to Jan. 1989, a hospital-based study was conducted on 736 children, under 5 years of age, with acute respiratory infection. Nasopharyngeal secretions were examined for viruses by culture and by immunofluorescence. Viruses were detected in 22% of specimens: respiratory syncytial (5%), parainfluenza (5%), influenza A (4%), influenza B (2%), adenovirus (3%), measles (3%). The highest rates of detection were with patients diagnosed clinically as pneumonia or upper respiratory tract infection. The case fatality rate was very high (43%) in children with measles virus infection.
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