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Viruses associated with acute respiratory infections 1961–71

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. G. Higgins
P. G. Higgins
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Public Health Laboratory Service,*86 Dyer Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Influenza-like illness, cold and sore throat was the diagnosis given in over 80% of 5177 acute respiratory illnesses in patients swabbed over a 10-year-period. A pathogenic organism was isolated twice as frequently from patients with a sore throat or an influenza-like illness as from those diagnosed as suffering from croup or laryngitis and bronchitis. A laboratory diagnosis was commoner in school children than in older or younger persons.

Most of the organisms isolated were found in association with all types of acute respiratory illness but, with increasing age of the patient, one particular agent or group of agents was more likely to be of aetiological significance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , June 1974 , pp. 425 - 432
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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