Rotavirus infection of the oropharynx and respiratory tract in young children

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 34; no. 1; p. 29
• Main Authors: Zheng, B J, Chang, R X, Ma, G Z, Xie, J M, Liu, Q, Liang, X R, Ng, M H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.1991
• Subjects: Antibodies, Viral - analysis; Child, Preschool; Diarrhea - complications; Diarrhea - microbiology; Feces - microbiology; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Infant; Microscopy, Electron; Oropharynx - immunology; Oropharynx - microbiology; Pharyngeal Diseases - immunology; Pharyngeal Diseases - microbiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - complications; Respiratory Tract Infections - immunology; Respiratory Tract Infections - microbiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - pathology; RNA, Viral - analysis; Rotavirus - isolation & purification; Rotavirus Infections - complications; Rotavirus Infections - microbiology; Rotavirus Infections - pathology

Oropharyngeal aspirates were obtained from 89 infants hospitalized with respiratory illnesses accompanied or not by diarrhea and 33 control patients without the diseases. Rotavirus was detected from 25 of these patients by immunocytology, isolation of the virus in cultures of MA104 cells, or both. N...