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Epidemiology and genetic diversity of human respiratory syncytial virus in Belgium between 2011 and 2019.
Virology journal - 28 Oct 2024
Ramaekers Kaat, Keyaerts Els, Houspie Lieselot, Beuselinck Kurt, Reynders Marijke, Lagrou Katrien, Van Ranst Marc, Rector Annabel
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BACKGROUND: Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is worldwide one of the leading causes of acute respiratory tract infections in young children and the elderly population. Two distinct subtypes of HRSV (A and B) and a multitude of genotypes have been described. The laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology (KU Leuven/University Hospitals Leuven) has a long-standing history of HRSV surveillance in...
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