Easton A J, Eglin R P
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Epidemiol Infect. 1989 Jun;102(3):531-5. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800030247.
We have analysed data on respiratory syncytial (RS) and parainfluenza type 3 (PF3) viruses reported to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, over the period 1978-87. These confirm the annual winter epidemic of RS virus and show that, in England and Wales, PF3 is a summer infection with regular yearly epidemics.