Epidemiological characteristics and immune status of children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 323 - 329
• Main Authors: Ye, Qing, Shao, Wen-Xia, Shang, Shi-Qiang, Pan, Yan-Xiang, Shen, Hong-Qiang, Chen, Xue-Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: allergy; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Child; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Cytokines - blood; Epidemiology; Female; Humans; immune regulation; immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin E - blood; Immunology; Infant; Male; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Prospective Studies; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - pathology; Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human - immunology; Risk Factors; Virology; allergy; immunoglobulin E; respiratory syncytial virus; immune regulation

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections are the dominant cause of pneumonia in children. In order to determine the epidemiological characteristics and immune status of children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a prospective study was performed among patients with RSV infection. Comparisons bet...