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cord-007222-31o180fz	MUFSON, MAURICE A.	EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION AMONG INFANTS AND CHILDREN IN CHICAGO	1973-08-17		.txt	text/plain	2723	146	49	From January 1, 1967 to December 1971, the temporal pattern of respiratory syncytial virus infection was investigated in infants and children younger than 18 months hospitalized for acute lower respiratory tract disease. Of 4696 infants and children with acute lower respiratory tract disease admitted to the Cook County Hospital, 2530 were tested for virus infection by virus isolation or serologic procedures or both. This report describes the periodic pattern of RSV infection in infants and children with lower respiratory tract disease admitted to the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, between January 1, 1967 and December 31, 1971. The study group comprised infants and children younger than 18 months of age admitted to the Cook County Hospital because of acute lower respiratory tract disease. DISCUSSION This continuing surveillance study of virus infections in infants and young children with acute lower respiratory tract disease describes the cyclical pattern of occurrence of RSV infections.	./cache/cord-007222-31o180fz.txt	./txt/cord-007222-31o180fz.txt