Abstract

CHACON, DANAY et al. Clasificación en subgrupos de cepas del virus sincitial respiratorio aisladas de un brote en Ciudad de La Habana. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 1996, vol.48, n.2, pp. 136-137. ISSN 1561-3054.

A high number of acute respiratory diseases was detected among children under one year admitted in a hospital of Havana City. 25 respiratory syncytial virus strains were obtained from 93 patients studied. Viral isolations were multiplied in HEP-2 cells and after observing a cytopathic effect of 80 %, they were classified into subgroups by the indirect immunofluorescence technique, using anti-protein G antibodies from the respiratory syncytial virus. All the samples studied were classified within subgroup A. It is the first time a study like this is conducted in our country, which allowed us to deepen into the viral cause of these diseases and to know that the subgroup A of the respiratory syncytial virus circulated during the outbreak.

Keywords : RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE [methods]; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN [isolation and purification]; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN [classification].