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Genetic variability of group A human respiratory syncytial virus strains circulating in Germany from 1998 to 2007.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2009
Reiche Janine, Schweiger Brunhilde
Abstract excerpt
The variability between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) strains is one of the features of RSV infections that might contribute to the ability of the virus to infect people repeatedly and cause yearly outbreaks. To study the molecular epidemiology of RSV, more than 1,400 RSV isolates from human nasopharyngeal aspirates or nasal or throat swabs from patients with respiratory illness were identified and...
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