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Respiratory syncytial virus, infants and intensive therapy.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Bueno Ieda Aparecida Correa, Riccetto Adriana Gut Lopes, Morcillo André Moreno, Arns Clarice Weis, Baracat Emílio Carlos Elias
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were to determine the presence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and to assess the clinical features of the disease in infants with acute low respiratory tract infection hospitalized at pediatric intensive care units (PICU) of two university teaching hospitals in São Paulo State, Brazil. Nasopharyngeal secretions were tested for the RSV by the polymerase chain reaction. Positive and...
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