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  • Title: Viral etiology of acute respiratory diseases in Rio de Janeiro: first two years of a longitudinal study.
    Author: Sutmoller F, Nascimento JP, Chaves JR, Ferreira V, Pereira MS.
    Journal: Bull World Health Organ; 1983; 61(5):845-52. PubMed ID: 6606500.
    Abstract:
    A two-year study was undertaken to establish the incidence and possible viral etiology of acute respiratory diseases among the child population of a shanty town in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The results demonstrated that nearly half of all the illnesses seen were respiratory infections, 10% of them affecting the lower respiratory tract. Viruses were isolated from 20% of the throat swabs collected. Of the viruses identified, 47% were adenoviruses, 25% were enteroviruses, 9% were influenza A, 8% herpes simplex, 7% parainfluenza, 3% respiratory syncytial and 1% influenza B viruses.
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