title: [Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in Madagascan children].
abstract: A total of 80 nasopharyngeal secretions collected from malagasy children (53 boys and 27 girls) with viral acute respiratory infection, aged from 6 days to 10 year old admitted to the Pediatric Department of Antananarivo General Hospital from may to July 1983, were investigated by indirect immunofluorescence method. 54--samples were found positive for respiratory viruses. Distribution according age groups and sex has been studied: children belonging to 25-36 month age group and male sex were more infected. Following viral strains were detected in increasing frequency: Para-influenzae 3: 25 p. 100; RSV: 18 p. 10/; Adenovirus: 18 p. 100; Influenzae A: 13 p. 100; Influenzae B: 9 p. 100; Para-influenzae 1: 5 p. 100.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008270:Madagascar; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Etiologie virale des infections respiratoires aigües chez des enfants malgaches.