Author | Moura, Fernanda Edna Araújo | |
Author | Borges, Leonardo Carletto | |
Author | Portes, Silvana Augusta Rodrigues | |
Author | Ramos, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves | |
Author | Siqueira, Marilda Agudo Mendonça Teixeira de | |
Access date | 2012-03-27T21:13:35Z | |
Available date | 2012-03-27T21:13:35Z | |
Document date | 2003 | |
Citation | MOURA, Fernanda Edna Araújo et al. Respiratory syncytial virus infections during an epidemic period in Salvador, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 98, n. 6, p. 739-743, Sept. 2003. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/3818 | |
Language | spa | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | |
Title | Respiratory syncytial virus infections during an epidemic period in Salvador, Brazil. Viral antigenic group analysis and description of clinical and epidemiological aspects. | pt_BR |
Type | Article | |
Abstract | Acute respiratory infections (ARI) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were studied in 482 children from Salvador, BA, Brazil, over a period of 12 months. The epidemic period of RSV infections in Salvador occurred from February (summer) to August (winter), with peaks in May, June, and July. The grouping characteristics of 84 RSV present in nasopharyngeal secretions of children seen at a reference university hospital were analyzed. RSV represented 17.4% of all cases and 54.5% of the positive samples. Sixty-four RSV strains were assigned to group A and 14 to group B. Both groups circulated in the five months of the epidemic period studied. Infections by both groups of RSV were more frequent in children up to one year of age. The incidence of RSV ARI was slightly more frequent in males, although group B had more infected females. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Respiratory Sncytial Vrus (RSV) | pt_BR |
Subject | Acute respiratory infections | pt_BR |
Subject | RSV groups A and B | pt_BR |
Subject | Child | pt_BR |
DeCS | Surtos de Doenças | pt_BR |
DeCS | Infecções por Vírus Respiratório | pt_BR |
DeCS | Sincicial | pt_BR |
DeCS | Vírus Sincicial Respiratório Humano/isolamento & purificação | pt_BR |
DeCS | Infecções Respiratórias | pt_BR |
DeCS | Doença Aguda | pt_BR |
DeCS | Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado | pt_BR |
DeCS | Criança | pt_BR |
DeCS | Pré-Escolar | pt_BR |
DeCS | Técnica Indireta de Fluorescência para Anticorpo | pt_BR |
DeCS | Líquido da Lavagem Nasal | pt_BR |
DeCS | Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial | pt_BR |