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Viral and Host Factors in Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pathogenesis
11 Oct 2007
Abstract excerpt
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was first isolated in 1956 from a laboratory chimpanzee with upper respiratory tract disease (for general reviews, see references 21, 57, 102, and 145).RSV was quickly determined to be of human origin and was shown to be the leading worldwide viral agent of serious pediatric respiratory tract disease.In a 13-year prospective study of infants and children in the United...
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