The biennial cycle of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in Croatia
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- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Virology Journal
- Vol. 5 (1) , 18
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422x-5-18
Abstract
The paper analyses the epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreaks in children in Croatia. Over a period of 11 consecutive winter seasons (1994–2005) 3,435 inpatients from Zagreb County aged from infancy to 10 years who were hospitalised with acute respiratory tract infections were tested for RSV-infection. RSV was identified in nasopharyngeal secretions of patients by virus isolation in cell culture and by detection of viral antigen with monoclonal antibodies.Keywords
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