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Molecular epidemiology of human respiratory syncytial virus among children in Japan during three seasons and hospitalization risk of genotype ON1.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Hibino Akinobu, Saito Reiko, Taniguchi Kiyosu, Zaraket Hassan, Shobugawa Yugo, Matsui Tamano, Suzuki Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the genetic diversity, the circulation patterns, and risk for hospital admission of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) strains in Japan between 2012 through 2015. During the study period, 744 HRSV-positive cases were identified by rapid diagnostic test. Of these, 572 samples were positive by real-time PCR; 400 (69.9%) were HRSV-A, and 172 (30.1%) were HRSV-B. HRSV-A and -B alternated as the...
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