COMPLEMENT-FIXING ANTIBODIES TO RESPIRATORY VIRUSES IN CHILDREN IN JOS, NIGERIA

Authors
KARAIVANOVA G GOMWALK NE DOBREV I OKUNGHAE HO
Citation
G. Karaivanova et al., COMPLEMENT-FIXING ANTIBODIES TO RESPIRATORY VIRUSES IN CHILDREN IN JOS, NIGERIA, Journal of tropical pediatrics, 41(6), 1995, pp. 325-327
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine",Pediatrics
Journal title
Journal of tropical pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01426338
Volume
41
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
325 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-6338(1995)41:6<325:CATRVI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
One-hundred serum samples obtained from children in Jos were tested fo r the presence of complement fixing antibodies against several respira tory viruses, Sixty-two per cent of the samples were positive for aden oviruses, 53 per cent for para-influenza viruses, 47 and 41 per cent f or influenza A and B, respectively, 31 per cent for respiratory syncyt ial virus, 29 per cent for coronaviruses, and 19 per cent for reovirus es.