title: [The search for a viral etiology of myocarditis].
abstract: The results are presented of serological tests by the neutralization method for antigens of Coxsackie B group, and by the haemagglutination inhibition method for three types of parainfluenza and sporadic influenza virus in 529 patients with myocarditis. In 7 cases the virus was isolated from stools. Virus aetiology of the disease was confirmed in 23.4% of cases, on average. Raised levels of antibodies to Coxsackie B antigens were found more frequently than the levels of antibodies to parainfluenza viruses. Seroconversion was more frequent in infections by parainfluenza type 3 than type 2. During an influenza epidemic in 5 cases raised levels of antibodies to the epidemic-causing strain were observed.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grodzicka-Królak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horbowska-Marzec
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Małkowska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Poszukiwanie wirusowej etiologii w przypadkach zapalenia mieśnia sercowego.