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Respiratory syncytial virus A in haematological patients with prolonged shedding: Premature stop codons and deletion of the genotype ON1 72-nucleotide-duplication in the attachment G gene.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2018
Tabatabai J, Thielen A, Lehners N, Daeumer M, Schnitzler P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be associated with severe disease and prolonged shedding in immunocompromised patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the genetic variability of RSV in consecutive samples of haematological patients with prolonged RSV shedding. STUDY DESIGN: Haematological patients at the University Hospital Heidelberg are routinely screened for respiratory viruses during winter...
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