An Indian hospital study of viral causes of acute respiratory infection in children.
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.
Postgraduate Department of Microbiology, K.G. Medical College, Lucknow, India.
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Misra
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Mathur
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Chaturvedi
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*