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8383547

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
An international workshop to review the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of respiratory viral infections was held in Turku, Finland, in May 1991. This workshop emphasized the following points. (1) In epidemiological studies of influenza virus, serological, clinical, and gene-sequencing methods have been used to produce a full picture of genetic evolution. Less complete information exists about other viruses, although new data on respiratory syncytial virus are emerging. (2) Tools for the diagnosis of respiratory viral infections have been developed in conjunction with the use of solid-phase immunoassays. A role remains for tissue culture in surveillance and epidemiological studies. Detection of bacterial involvement in respiratory infections has been more difficult. (3) Treatment of infections due to respiratory viruses has advanced with the use of amantadine and aerosolized ribavirin. On the other hand, many viruses remain refractory to treatment. Means for preventing influenza are established, but barriers to the development of other viral vaccines--including the existence of multiple serotypes, imperfect natural immunity, and paradoxical hypersensitivity--have proven difficult to surmount.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Report of a workshop on respiratory viral infections: epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't