Respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: disease severity, interleukin-8, and virus genotype.

doi:10.1002/ppul.10080

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Respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: disease severity, interleukin-8, and virus genotype.

Pediatric pulmonology - 1 May 2002

Smyth Rosalind L, Mobbs Kevin J, O'Hea Una, Ashby Deborah, Hart C Anthony

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In infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis, we investigated whether disease severity is associated with the genotype of the infecting virus, or with the infant's immunological response to the infection, as determined by measurement of interleukin-8 mRNA in the nasopharyngeal aspirate. This was a cross-sectional observational study, performed in the Accident and Emergency Department, wards,...

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Bronchiolitis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Genotype
Humans
Infant
Interleukin-8
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
Severity of Illness Index

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PMID: 11948978
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10080

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