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Respiratory syncytial virus associated illness in high-risk children and national characterisation of the circulating virus genotype in South Africa.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jul 2003
Madhi Shabir A, Venter Marietjie, Alexandra Richard, Lewis Humphrey, Kara Yatish, Karshagen William F, Greef Michael, Lassen Cheryl
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is limited information about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in high-risk children from developing countries or on the genotype characterisation of the circulating virus. OBJECTIVE: To define the proportion of children with RSV associated lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) that had risk factors for severe disease and to genotype the circulating RSV strains across the country. STUDY...
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