[Epidemiologic characteristics and the relationship with disease severity of respiratory syncytial virus genotypes from children with lower respiratory tract infection in the southern Zhejiang province].

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) subtypes and genotypes in southern Zhejiang province, and to determine whether RSV genotypes are correlated with the disease severity of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). METHOD: Nasopharyngeal secretions (NPS) from children under 5 years of age who were hospitalized with LRTI during 5 consecutive seasons...

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