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Severity of respiratory syncytial virus disease related to type and genotype of virus and to cytokine values in nasopharyngeal secretions

A Hornsleth, BENT KLUG, Marta Nir, Jens Vilstrup Johansen, Kirsten Hansen, Laurids Siig Christensen, Lars Bruun Larsen

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 1998 · 119 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

The severity of disease in patients admitted with acute RSV infections can be correlated to the RSV type as determined by PCR, to the RSV genotype as determined by nucleic acid restriction analysis and to the ratio IL-6:TNF-alpha in NPS.

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