Epidemiology of parainfluenza virus type 3 in England and Wales over a ten-year period.
We have analysed data on respiratory syncytial (RS) and parainfluenza type 3 (PF3) viruses reported to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, over the period 1978-87. These confirm the annual winter epidemic of RS virus and show that, in England and Wales, PF3 is a summer infection with regular yearly epidemics.
Easton
A J
AJ
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Eglin
R P
RP
D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors; D014852:Wales