Popow-Kraupp T
Institut für Virologie der Universität Wien.
Ther Umsch. 1994 Aug;51(8):563-8.
Worldwide, acute infections of the respiratory tract are one of the main causes of disease, and the majority of these are due to viruses. As a consequence of the development of new methods, rapid laboratory diagnosis of virus-induced acute respiratory tract infections has greatly improved. An efficient immunoprophylaxis is still only available for influenza virus infections, and recent reports indicate that intravenous administration of immunoglobulins can protect against or reduce the severity of RS virus infections in children. At present, specific antiviral chemotherapy is only available for infections with influenza A virus and for RS-virus-infected children at high risk of a severe course of disease.
在全球范围内，急性呼吸道感染是主要的疾病病因之一，其中大多数是由病毒引起的。由于新方法的发展，病毒诱导的急性呼吸道感染的快速实验室诊断有了很大改善。有效的免疫预防目前仅适用于流感病毒感染，最近的报告表明，静脉注射免疫球蛋白可预防或减轻儿童呼吸道合胞病毒感染的严重程度。目前，特异性抗病毒化疗仅适用于甲型流感病毒感染以及患有严重疾病高风险的呼吸道合胞病毒感染儿童。
