Respiratory Syncytial Virus Groups A and B in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 1990 to 1995 and 1998

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-158

  Straliotto, Selir M ^b   Nestor, Sandra M ^b   Siqueira, Marilda M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório Central   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Brazil; Groups respiratory syncytial virus; Porto Alegre; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035260926     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000200003     Document Type: Article

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