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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1995 41(6):325-327; doi:10.1093/tropej/41.6.325
© 1995 by Oxford University Press
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Complement Fixing Antibodies to Respiratory Viruses in Children in Jos, Nigeria

G. Karaivanova*, N. E. Gomwalk* and H. O. Okunghae***

*Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Jos Nigeria
**Department of Virology, Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Sofia, Bulgaria
***Department of Paediatrics, University of Jos, Jos Nigeria

One-hundred serum samples obtained from children in Jos were tested for the presence of complement fixing antibodies against several respiratory viruses. Sixty-two per cent of the samples were positive for adenoviruses, 53 per cent for para-influenza viruses, 47 and 41 per cent for influenza A and B, respectively, 31 per cent for respiratory syncytial virus, 29 per cent for coronaviruses, and 19 per cent for reoviruses.


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