Article
Prevailing genotype distribution and characteristics of human respiratory syncytial virus in northeastern China.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2017
Zheng Yuxuan, Liu Li, Wang Shaohua, Li Zhaolong, Hou Min, Li Jingliang, Yu Xiao-Fang, Zhang Wenyan, Hua Shucheng
Abstract excerpt
Although human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most common viruses inducing respiratory tract infections in young children and the elderly, the genotype distribution and characteristics of RSV in northeastern China have not been investigated. Here, we identified 25 RSV-A and 8 RSV-B strains from 80 samples of patients with respiratory infections between February 2015 and May 2015. All 25 RSV-A...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Child, Preschool
- China
- Cluster Analysis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Phylogeny
