ENTEROVIRUSES ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS DURING SEVEN YEARS IN RIO DE JANEIRO (1985-1991)

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Silvana A.R. PORTES, Edson E. DA SILVA, Marilda M. SIQUEIRA, Ana Maria B. DE FILIPPIS, Murilo M. KRAWCZUK, Jussara P. NASCIMENTO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1998
• Subjects: Enteroviruses; Nasopharyngeal secretions; Acute respiratory infections; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic; Ari
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651998000600001; https://doaj.org/article/8e835b597aba48a7a447a0235e20a363

Enteroviruses were investigated in respiratory secretions collected from patients with acute respiratory infections (ARI) over a seven year period (1985-1991), as part of a longitudinal study of ARI aetiology. All the viruses that are most commonly associated with ARI were found in this study. Among...