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Dominance of the ON1 Genotype of RSV-A and BA9 Genotype of RSV-B in Respiratory Cases from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Genes - 9 Nov 2020
A Al-Sharif Hessa, El-Kafrawy Sherif A, Yousef Jehad M, Kumosani Taha A, Kamal Mohammad A, Khathlan Norah A, Kaki Reham M, Alnajjar Abeer A, Azhar Esam I
Abstract excerpt
Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is a main cause of hospital admission for lower respiratory tract infection. In previous studies from Saudi Arabia, higher prevalence of the NA1 genotype in group A was observed from Riyadh and Taif. This study recruited respiratory cases from Jeddah during January to December, 2017. RSV represented 13.4% in the recruited cases with 64% of them belonging to group A and 36%...
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