Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2005 Dec;51(5):401-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.12.002. Epub 2005 Jan 21.

Viral respiratory infection in Curitiba, Southern Brazil

Luine R R V Tsuchiya  1 , Libera M D Costa, Sonia M Raboni, Meri B Nogueira, Luciane A Pereira, Indianara Rotta, Gislene R A Takahashi, Micheli Coelho, Marilda M Siqueira
Affiliations

Viral respiratory infection in Curitiba, Southern Brazil

Luine R R V Tsuchiya et al. J Infect. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Viral infection is the major cause of respiratory tract pathology affecting individuals of all ages, especially children and immunocompromised patients. There is a paucity of data on etiological and epidemiological infection caused by virus, in Southern Brazil. The aim of this study was to evaluate the seasonality, and the incidence of the viruses involved in respiratory infections in Curitiba, South Brazil.

Methods: Two hundred seventy-three nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) from primary care health units and 1348 NPA or bronchoalveolar lavages from a tertiary-care teaching hospital were studied. Viruses were identified by indirect immunofluorescence and cellular culture.

Results: Thirty percent of tested samples scored positive for the presence of virions. The percentages of infection for each virus from outpatients and hospitalized, respectively, were 3.3, 19.3 for respiratory syncytial virus; 13.9, 3.5 for influenza A, 3.0, 1.7 for influenza B; 3.3, 5.6 for parainfluenza virus and 2.2, 0.8 for adenovirus. A higher incidence of positive results was found during the winter season, thus showing a pattern of seasonality.

Conclusion: Viral agents are one of the main etiologies of respiratory tract pathology in the population studied.

PubMed Disclaimer

LinkOut - more resources