| Title | Viral respiratory infections in young children attending day care in urban Northeast Brazil. | ||
| Author | Souza, Leda Solano de Freitas; Ramos, Eduardo Antonio Goncalves; Carvalho, Fernando Martins; Guedes, Virginia Maria Castro Ribeiro; Souza, Lidia Silva; Rocha, Cristiane Machado; Soares, Andrea Barreto; Velloso, Luciana de Freitas; Macedo, Izolete Santos; Moura, Fernanda Edna Araujo; Siqueira, Marilda; Fortes, Silvana; de Jesus, Cibele Cruz; Santiago, Christiane Maria Gaspar; Carvalho, Ana Maria da Silva; Arruda, Eurico | ||
| Journal | Pediatr Pulmonol | Publication Year/Month | 2003-Mar |
| PMID | 12567386 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation | 1.Department of Pediatrics and Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. ledasolano@bol.com.br. | ||
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.