Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis: comparative study of RSV groups A and B infected children

The grouping characteristics of 29 respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) present in nasopharyngeal cells collectedfrom hospitalized children with bronchiolitis during the 1990RSVseason in Porto Alegre, RS, were analysed. Twenty-two were grouped as belonging to group A and 7 to group B. Cyanosis, oxigen therapy, cough, lenght of hospitalization and atelectasis were observed to be more frequently found within group B infected children. Other clinical signs and symptoms were similarly found in both groups.

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Main Authors: Straliotto,Selir M., Roitman,Benjamin, Lima,João B., Fischer,Gilberto B., Siqueira,Marilda M.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 1994
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821994000100001
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