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Genetic variability of human respiratory syncytial virus A strains circulating in Ontario: a novel genotype with a 72 nucleotide G gene duplication.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Eshaghi Alireza, Duvvuri Venkata R, Lai Rachel, Nadarajah Jeya T, Li Aimin, Patel Samir N, Low Donald E, Gubbay Jonathan B
Abstract excerpt
Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the main cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children under 2 years of age and causes repeated infections throughout life. We investigated the genetic variability of RSV-A circulating in Ontario during 2010-2011 winter season by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the G glycoprotein gene.Among the 201 consecutive RSV isolates studied, RSV-A (55.7%) was...
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