title: [Acute respiratory syndromes caused by viruses in a pediatric department. Clinical and epidemiological studies of a series of cases admitted in the period from February to May, 1979].
abstract: In the period between February and May 1979, in concomitance with a sharp increase in admittance to the pediatric Division of the Parma General Hospital for acute respiratory infections, we carried out a virologic and serologic investigation on hospitalized children aged 21 days-12 years. The investigation was carried out on 137 patients with respiratory diseases: 33 with bronchiolitis, which occurred mainly (32/33) between February and March in children that were prevalently (30/33) in the first year of life; 27 with upper respiratory tract infections; 54 with mid respiratory tract infections; 23 with pneumonia. Forty-eight controls (without respiratory infections) were also investigated. In the months of February and March there was a high circulation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): throughout the entire period there was a lower incidence of Adenovirus infections and more uniformly distributed.
mesh_terms: D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D000367:Age Factors; D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology; D007558:Italy; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Le sindromi respiratorie acute da virus in un reparto pediatrico. Studi clinico-epidemiologici su una casistica raccolta nel periodo febbraio-maggio 1979.