Morales F, Calder M A, Inglis J M, Murdoch P S, Williamson J
J Infect. 1983 Nov;7(3):236-47. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(83)97142-6.
A prospective study was performed from 1 December 1981 to 31 May 1982 in two departments of geriatric medicine in Edinburgh. This yielded 159 cases of acute respiratory tract infection (RTI). Twelve of these were undoubtedly associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), 14 with influenza A and 18 with influenza B (as established in each case by a fourfold or greater increase in antibody titre). Eighty-five of the 159 patients with RTI and RSV titres of 32 or greater. Their significance is discussed. The undoubted RSV infections all involved the lower respiratory tract and were associated with prolonged illness. This epidemic of RSV infection was confined to one of the two hospitals. It lasted less than four weeks and was probably hospital-acquired.
1981年12月1日至1982年5月31日，在爱丁堡的两个老年医学科进行了一项前瞻性研究。该研究共发现159例急性呼吸道感染（RTI）病例。其中12例无疑与呼吸道合胞病毒（RSV）有关，14例与甲型流感有关，18例与乙型流感有关（每例均通过抗体滴度升高四倍或更多来确定）。159例RTI患者中有85例RSV滴度为32或更高。文中讨论了它们的意义。所有明确的RSV感染均累及下呼吸道，并伴有病程延长。这次RSV感染疫情仅限于两家医院中的一家。持续时间不到四周，可能是医院内获得性感染。
