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High frequency of repeated infections due to emerging genotypes of human respiratory syncytial viruses among children during eight successive epidemic seasons in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Yamaguchi Masahiro, Sano Yasuko, Dapat Isolde C, Saito Reiko, Suzuki Yasushi, Kumaki Akihiko, Shobugawa Yugo, Dapat Clyde, Uchiyama Makoto, Suzuki Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
In eight successive seasons (2001 to 2009), a total of 726 human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) infections from a total of 1,560 children with acute lower respiratory tract illness were identified. Molecular analysis of the attachment (G) protein gene confirmed that 52 (7.8%) children were infected more than once with any of the 3 genotypes of HRSV-A (genotypes GA5, NA1, and NA2) and/or 6 genotypes of HRSV-B...
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