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Clinical severity and molecular typing of human rhinovirus C strains during a fall outbreak affecting hospitalized patients.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2009
Piralla A, Rovida F, Campanini G, Rognoni V, Marchi A, Locatelli F, Gerna G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The circulation rate and the clinical severity of infections caused by members of the new human rhinovirus C (HRV-C) species remain to be defined. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the epidemiologic and clinical impact of HRV-C strains in a fall outbreak interesting hospitalized patients. STUDY DESIGN: HRV species (A-C) were determined by phylogenetic analysis following amplification of two genome regions...
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