Article
Genetic characterization respiratory syncytial virus in Kerala, the southern part of India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2017
Patil Savita L, Balakrishnan Anukumar
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) in infants and young children globally. RSV presents two antigenic groups RSV-A and -B. Genetic variability is also very high within each group. RSV circulation varies year to year and even varies among different regions. Data on circulatory pattern of RSV are available from other parts of India except...
Topics
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- India
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Nose
- Pharynx
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Viral
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
