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The impact of viral genotype on pathogenesis and disease severity: respiratory syncytial virus and human rhinoviruses.
Current opinion in immunology - 1 Dec 2013
Moore Martin L, Stokes Kate L, Hartert Tina V
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection (LRI) and viral death in infants. RSV disease in infants is characterized by epithelial desquamation, neutrophilic bronchiolitis and pneumonia and obstructive pulmonary mucus. Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are by far the most common cause of symptomatic upper respiratory tract infection (URI) in people and are more recently...
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