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. 1965 Jun;102(6):431–445.

Pediatric Virology

Bernard Portnoy
PMCID: PMC1516139  PMID: 14298871

Abstract

Pediatric virology is not an isolàted discipline. Rather, the syndromes associated with viral infection are modified by the unique characteristics of infancy and childhood. Fortunately for the pediatrician, and certainly for children, viral infections in childhood are rarely fatal, and are almost never serious. Future efforts of the pediatrician and virologist should be directed toward increased fetal salvage as with rubella and the prevention of severe, viral lower respiratory tract disease.

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