PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT ILLNESSES IN PARTIALLY IMMUNE ADULT HUMAN SUBJECTS: A STUDY AT AN ANTARCTIC STATION

• Main Authors: PARKINSON, ALAN J., MUCHMORE, H. G., SCOTT, L. V., KALMAKOFF, J., MILES, J. A. R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1979
• Subjects: ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS; Antarctic; McMurdo Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/110/6/753

Outbreaks of respiratory tract illnesses (RTI) in adult humans during October and November 1975 at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, were investigated by viral isolation and serologic procedures. The recovery of viral agents was enhanced by use of cell cultures in the field. Recoveries of parainfluenzavi...