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The levels of total complement and β1C/1A-globulin were tested in 20 infants with acute bronchiolitis and in 7 infants without respiratory tract disease. The level of total complement or complement component β1C was not depressed in the acute phase of acute bronchiolitis whether RS virus-associated or not. This does not negate the possibility of an immunological pathogenesis of RS virus disease.
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