Article
Distinct patterns of within-host virus populations between two subgroups of human respiratory syncytial virus.
Nature communications - 26 Aug 2021
Lin Gu-Lung, Drysdale Simon B, Snape Matthew D, O'Connor Daniel, Brown Anthony, MacIntyre-Cockett George, Mellado-Gomez Esther, de Cesare Mariateresa, Bonsall David, Ansari M Azim, Öner Deniz, Aerssens Jeroen, Butler Christopher, Bont Louis, Openshaw Peter, Martinón-Torres Federico, Nair Harish, Bowden Rory, Golubchik Tanya, Pollard Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of lower respiratory tract infection in young children globally, but little is known about within-host RSV diversity. Here, we characterised within-host RSV populations using deep-sequencing data from 319 nasopharyngeal swabs collected during 2017-2020. RSV-B had lower consensus diversity than RSV-A at the population level, while exhibiting greater...
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