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Molecular and clinical characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus infections in hospitalized children.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2005
Mentel R, Ilgert U, Wegner U, Zimmerman K, Bruns R, Gürtler L
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to determine the importance of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for hospitalization in the north east of Germany and to obtain molecular epidemiological data of the circulating strains. Using a rapid and sensitive reverse transcriptase-PCR, it was found that a quarter of pediatric respiratory disease admissions were due to RSV. Infections caused by RSV in hospitalized patients...
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