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Replacement of previously circulating respiratory syncytial virus subtype B strains with the BA genotype in South Africa.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2011
van Niekerk Stephanie, Venter Marietjie
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants, the immunocompromised, and the elderly in both developed and developing countries. Reinfections are common, and G protein variability is one mechanism to overcome herd immunity. This is illustrated by the appearance of the BA genotype with a 60-nucleotide duplication dominating the subtype B genotypes in epidemics...
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