| antigenic and genomic diversity of central european respiratory syncytial virus strains. | thirty-two rsv strains recovered during the winter months of 1987/88 to 1993/94 from hospitalized children in vienna, austria and zagreb, croatia were analysed for antigenic and genetic variations. twenty-nine of the 32 isolates investigated belonged to group a and 3 to group b, with the majority of infections caused by subgroup a1 (21 of 29). restriction endonuclease mapping of pcr products derived from parts of the n and g gene of 18 group a strains identified 3 distinct lineages, very similar ... | 1998 | 9722887 |
| [etiology of atypical pneumonias in 2002. results of the croatian institute of public health]. | this investigation was performed at department of virology, croatian national institute of public health, the same diagnostic laboratory using the same serologic method as in earlier studies (in 1982 and 1992) to determine the incidence of the most common agents of atypical pneumonia in croatia between january 1 and december 31, 2002. | 2004 | 15503681 |
| the biennial cycle of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in croatia. | the paper analyses the epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) outbreaks in children in croatia. over a period of 11 consecutive winter seasons (1994-2005) 3,435 inpatients from zagreb county aged from infancy to 10 years who were hospitalised with acute respiratory tract infections were tested for rsv-infection. rsv was identified in nasopharyngeal secretions of patients by virus isolation in cell culture and by detection of viral antigen with monoclonal antibodies. in the zagreb ... | 2008 | 18226194 |
| eleven consecutive years of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in croatia. | respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) is the most common cause of severe lower respiratory tract infections (lrti) in infants. the aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemiologic characteristics of rsv outbreaks in croatian children. | 2009 | 19405923 |
| does the viral subtype influence the biennial cycle of respiratory syncytial virus? | the epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) is quite different in regions of europe (biennial epidemics in alternating cycles of approximately 9 and 15 months) than in the western hemisphere (annual epidemics). in order to determine if these differences are accounted for by the circulation of different rsv subtypes, we studied the prevalence of rsv subtype a and b strains in zagreb county from 1 january 2006 to 31 december 2007. | 2009 | 19735540 |
| a study of the genetic variability of human respiratory syncytial virus in croatia, 2006-2008. | human respiratory syncytial virus (hrsv) is a common etiological agent of acute lower respiratory tract disease in infants. the molecular epidemiology of hrsv in croatia over four consecutive seasons (from 2006 to 2008) was investigated. a total of 72 hrsv samples were chosen from 696 screened cases in a pediatric clinic in zagreb. molecular characterization of hrsv revealed the predominance of hrsv group b viruses in the first two epidemic seasons and hrsv group a viruses in the next two season ... | 2012 | 23080507 |
| analysis of biennial outbreak pattern of respiratory syncytial virus according to subtype (a and b) in the zagreb region. | the epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) in croatia is biennial. in order to determine if the circulation of different rsv subtypes affects the outbreak cycle, the aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemic pattern of rsv in children in croatia (zagreb region) over a period of 3 consecutive years. | 2012 | 22212608 |