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Genetic diversity among respiratory syncytial viruses that have caused repeated infections in children from rural India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2006
Parveen Shama, Broor Shobha, Kapoor Suresh Kumar, Fowler Karen, Sullender Wayne M
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes repeat infections throughout life. Antigenic variability in the RSV G protein may play a significant role in reinfections. A variable region of the RSV G gene was analyzed for 14 viruses from seven children who experienced initial and repeat infections. Eleven group A strains were in clades GA2 and GA5 and the three group B viruses were in the newly identified BA clade. In...
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