Molecular epidemiological analysis of community circulating respiratory syncytial virus in rural South Africa: Comparison of viruses and genotypes responsible for different disease manifestations.

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Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in children in both the industrialized and developing world. Most molecular epidemiological studies have, until now, focused on isolates from hospitalized infants in industrialized countries. Limited data have been available with regard to community circulating RSV, especially from Africa. The present study...

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