PEDIATRICS · 1960 · 17 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyPediatric Infectious DiseasesVirologyInfant Infectious DiseasesPulmonary InfectionsRespiratory InfectionsRespiratory Infectious DiseasesRespiratory Tract InfectionsViral InfectionsComplement Fixation TestsNeutralizing Antibody AssaysRespiratory Infections In ChildrenRespiratory Viral InfectionsRespiratory Viral PathogenesisRespiratory Viral PathologyViral Infections In NewbornsViral Respiratory Infections
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 eightfold increase in complement-fixation antibody to the Long strain of the respiratory syncytial virus and a sixteen-fold rise in the homologous neutralizing antibody, indicating that the pneumonia was accompanied by infection with this virus. The relationship between this infection and the patient's pneumonia is possibly etiologic.