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Genotype shift in human coronavirus OC43 and emergence of a novel genotype by natural recombination.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jun 2015
Zhang Yue, Li Jianguo, Xiao Yan, Zhang Jing, Wang Ying, Chen Lan, Paranhos-Baccalà Gláucia, Ren Lili, Wang Jianwei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human coronavirus (HCoV) OC43 is the most prevalent HCoV in respiratory tract infections. Its molecular epidemiological characterization, particularly the genotyping, was poorly addressed. METHODS: The full-length spike (S), RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), and nucleocapsid (N) genes were amplified from each respiratory sample collected from 65 HCoV-OC43-positive patients between 2005 and 2012....
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