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Sequence analysis of the G gene of hRSVA ON1 genotype from Egyptian children with acute respiratory tract infections.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2018
Abdel-Moneim Ahmed S, Soliman May S, Kamel Mahmoud M, El-Kholy Amani A
Abstract excerpt
Human respiratory syncytial virus causes severe lower respiratory tract infection in neonates and children. Genotype ON1, with duplication of 72-nt in the G gene, was first detected in Canada and then recorded in other countries. In the current study, we describe the first detection of the ON1 genotype among children in Egypt in 2014/2015. Sequence analysis of the full-attachment G gene revealed that the majority...
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