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Abstract
This study describes the results of attempts to grow viruses from per-nasal swabs taken from 136 children with clinical pertussis.Altogether 37 strains of a variety of different viruses were isolated. Adenovirus was the most frequent, making up 30% of the total. Besides these, herpes simplex, measles, influenza A2, influenza B, mumps, poliovirus and respiratory syncytial virus were detected.Bordetella pertussis was isolated from 22% of the cases.It appears that a pertussis-like syndrome can be caused by many agents besides Bord. pertussis and an accurate diagnosis requires laboratory confirmation.Entities:
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Year: 1971 PMID: 4328794 PMCID: PMC2130911 DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400021641
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hyg (Lond) ISSN: 0022-1724