Article
Genetic diversity and its impact on disease severity in respiratory syncytial virus subtype-A and -B bronchiolitis before and after pandemic restrictions in Rome.
The Journal of infection - 1 Oct 2023
Pierangeli A, Nenna R, Fracella M, Scagnolari C, Oliveto G, Sorrentino L, Frasca F, Conti M G, Petrarca L, Papoff P, Turriziani O, Antonelli G, Stefanelli P, Palamara A T, Midulla F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To scrutinize whether the high circulation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) observed in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 was due to viral diversity, we characterized RSV-A and -B strains causing bronchiolitis in Rome, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: RSV-positive samples, prospectively collected from infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis from 2017-2018 to 2022-2023, were sequenced in the G...
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