Isolation of the respiratory syncytial virus from a patient with pneumonia.(Pediatrics, 1960; 26: 623-629 (abstract and commentary))

A virus with the characteristics of the respiratory syncytial virus was isolated from the throat of a 6-month-old infant with pneumonia. The illness was accompanied by an eight-fold increase in complement-fixation antibody to the Long strain of the respiratory syncytial virus identified by Chanock a...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1998-07, Vol.102 (1), p.S231
Main Authors: Rowe, Daniel S, Michaels, Richard H, Glezen, W. Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
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Diagnosis
Respiratory syncytial virus
Respiratory syncytial virus infection
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Summary:A virus with the characteristics of the respiratory syncytial virus was isolated from the throat of a 6-month-old infant with pneumonia. The illness was accompanied by an eight-fold increase in complement-fixation antibody to the Long strain of the respiratory syncytial virus identified by Chanock and colleagues[1] and a 16-fold rise in the homologous neutralizing antibody, indicating that the pneumonia was accompanied by infection with this virus. The virus was labile to freezing at -15 to -20 [degrees] C; isolation was possible from the original unfrozen specimen inoculated immediately or from passage virus pools sealed in glass ampules and stored in the dry ice chest.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275