Article
Viral respiratory infections in young children attending day care in urban Northeast Brazil.
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SOUZA, L. S. F. et al. Viral respiratory infections in young children attending day care in urban Northeast Brazil. Pediatric Pulmonology, v. 35, n. 3, p. 184-191, 2003.
8755-6863
10.1002/ppul.10194
Autor
Souza, Leda Solano de Freitas
Ramos, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves
Carvalho, Fernando Martins
Guedes, Virgínia Maria Castro Ribeiro
Souza, Lídia Silva
Rocha, Cristiane Machado
Soares, Andréa Barreto
Velloso, Luciana de Freitas
Macedo, Izolete Santos
Moura, Fernanda Edna Araújo
Siqueira, Marilda Agudo Mendonça Teixeira de
Fortes, Silvana
Jesus, Cibele Cruz de
Santiago, Christiane Maria Gaspar
Carvalho, Ana Maria da Silva
Arruda, Eurico
Resumen
A cohort of children attending a day care center in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) was studied prospectively to determine the incidence of viral respiratory infectious episodes and to identify the viruses associated with them. Two hundred seventy-one nasopharyngeal samples were collected over a 1-year period for examination, using indirect immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibodies against adenovirus, influenza A and B, parainfluenzae 1-3, and respiratory syncytial virus, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for picornavirus. Examination yielded positive results in 116 samples (42.8%). Rhinovirus was identified alone in 56 samples (48.3%) and was observed along with other viruses in 11 additional samples. Incidence density of viral respiratory infectious episodes was 7.66 episodes/1,000 child-days
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