Article
A phylogenetic study of human respiratory syncytial viruses group A and B strains isolated in two cities in Japan from 1980-2002.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2005
Kuroiwa Yuki, Nagai Kazushige, Okita Lisa, Yui Ikuko, Kase Tetsuo, Nakayama Tetsuo, Tsutsumi Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
The circulation pattern and genetic evolution of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Japan were examined based on 109 RSV field strains isolated over 20 seasons (1980-2002) in two cities, Sapporo and Tokyo. The second hypervariable region of the large glycoprotein (G) gene was amplified by RT-PCR and the products sequenced directly. The nucleotide sequences were compared to those representatives of RSV genotypes...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- DNA, Viral
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Japan
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
