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RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS GROUPS A AND B IN PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL, FROM 1990 TO 1995 AND 1998
Vírus sincicial respiratório de grupos
Infecção respiratória aguda
Porto Alegre
Brasil
Groups respiratory syncytial virus
Acute respiratory infection
Porto Alegre
Brazil
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Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde. Seção de Virologia. Laboratório Central. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
We analyzed the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) groups and their epidemiological pattern that
were detected over the course of seven years in southern Brazil. The two RSV groups co-circulated each
year, but frequencies of groups A and B varied both between and within yearly outbreaks. In 1991,
group A predominated over group B (p=0.0016). RSV outbreaks analyzed showed a temperature-dependent pattern and no association with rainfall, similarly to other countries from southern South America.
Knowledge of the variants is important in terms of both diagnosis and definition of a vaccine composition.
Keywords in Portuguese
Vírus sincicial respiratórioVírus sincicial respiratório de grupos
Infecção respiratória aguda
Porto Alegre
Brasil
Keywords
Respiratory syncytial virusGroups respiratory syncytial virus
Acute respiratory infection
Porto Alegre
Brazil
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