Nasopharyngeal aspirates were obtained on admission from 614 patients younger than 2 years of age who were hospitalized in a ward for acute respiratory infections from June 1988 through October, 1989, in Santiago, Chile. ...

©2016 Foundation Acta Pædiatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Previous studies have suggested that Down's syndrome is an independent risk factor for severe respiratory infection due to respiratory syncytial ...

The respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the leading cause of childhood hospitalizations for acute respiratory illnesses. In Chile, annual new RSV outbreaks cause the collapse of the public health system in public hospitals. ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection can cause lower respiratory tract disease and mortality in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. We report two children who underwent HSCT and developed ...

A synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide corresponding to a region of the nucleocapside gene (N) of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), was used as a DNA probe to develop a nonradioactive hybridization assay for the detection of ...

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection remains as a major cause of morbidity and mortality among pediatric population. Immune response is poor and unable to establish a long term effective protection against ...

Introduction: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the major cause of bronchiolitis in infants worldwide. The pathology caused by this virus has been associated with exacerbated host immune response in a T cell-dependent ...