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| Pecchini,Rogério; Berezin,Eitan N.; Felício,Maria C. Calahani; Passos,Saulo D.; Souza,Maria Cândido O. de; Lima,Lourdes Rehder de Andrade Vaz de; Ueda,Mirthes; Matsumoto,Tokiko Kyomen; Durigon,Edison L.. |
| The purpose of this study was to identify the rate of infections due to RSV and other viruses in children. In addition we have analyzed demographic data and clinical characteristics of the RSV-positive patients comparing with patients infected by other respiratory viruses. We also described the seasonality of the RSV occurrence in a hospital in São Paulo. Children below 5 years old admitted in Santa Casa de São Paulo Hospital between February 2005 and September 2006 due to acute respiratory infections (ARI) were included. A nasopharyngeal specimens were obtained with sterile No. 5 French feeding catheters as soon as possible (usually within 24 h). Specimens were kept refrigerated at 4ºC and transported to Adolfo Lutz Institute, where the indirect... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Children; Bronchiolitis; RSV; Respiratory infections. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000600006 |
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