| [seroprevalence of epstein barr virus infection in a healthy population of santiago de chile]. | to study the rate of infection by epstein barr virus (ebv) in santiago, chile, the prevalence of antibody to the viral capsid antigen (vca-igg) was determined in a group of 663 healthy individuals grouped by age and socioeconomic level (sel). in addition, several risk factors for infection were studied. vca-igg was determined by elisa. the total prevalence was 76.7%. when grouped by age and sel, 50% of the children from low and medium sel had been already infected by the age two, compared to 5.9 ... | 1995 | 8733260 |
| virology of infantile chronic recurrent parotitis in santiago de chile. | infantile chronic recurrent parotitis (icrp) has been attributed to multiple causes, including viral infections, and therefore its treatment remains empirical. our aim was to evaluate the involvement of respiratory and oropharyngeal viruses in acute episodes of icrp. seventy children were studied, 50 patients and 20 age-matched controls, in a 2-year follow-up study. saliva samples were taken from the parotid duct and analyzed by viral isolation and immunofluorescence for adenovirus (ad), respira ... | 2003 | 12767011 |