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Molecular Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus during 2019-2022 and Surviving Genotypes after the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.
Viruses - 4 Dec 2023
Yoshioka Sayaka, Phyu Wint Wint, Wagatsuma Keita, Nagai Takao, Sano Yasuko, Taniguchi Kiyosu, Nagata Nobuo, Tomimoto Kazuhiko, Sato Isamu, Kaji Harumi, Sugata Ken, Sugiura Katsumi, Saito Naruo, Aoki Satoshi, Suzuki Eitaro, Shimada Yasushi, Hamabata Hirotsune, Chon Irina, Otoguro Teruhime, Watanabe Hisami, Saito Reiko
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the changes in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) collected between 2019 and 2022, we analyzed RSV-A and RSV-B strains from various prefectures in Japan before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. RT-PCR-positive samples collected from children with rapid test positivity at outpatient clinics in 11 prefectures in Japan were sequenced for the ectodomain of the G gene to determine the genotype. Time-aware...
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