Bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus in very young infants and transmitted maternal antibodies

Attree, O.; Tourangeau, F.; De Saint-Maur, G.; Alvarez-Vega, M.; Nicolas, J.C.; Garbarg-Chenon, A.; Bricout, F.

Archives Francaises de Pediatrie 45(10): 791-793

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9764
PMID: 3071286
Document Number: 307003
The study with an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay of the sera of 57 infants aged less than 9 weeks and developing a bronchiolitis, argues for the absence of a protective role for the maternally transmitted anti-respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) IgG and for the existence of a positive relationship between these antibodies levels - which are not neutralizing - and the severity of RSV bronchiolitis.

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