Article
Restriction pattern variability of respiratory syncytial virus during three consecutive epidemics in Denmark.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Apr 1997
Johansen J, Christensen L S, Hornsleth A, Klug B, Hansen K S, Nir M
Abstract excerpt
A PCR-based assay was used to distinguish between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) group A and B in order to analyze their prevalence in Denmark in three consecutive epidemics during the winters of 1992/93, 1993/94 and 1994/95. A total of 96 RSV strains isolated from hospitalized children were e...
Topics
- Animals
- Child
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- DNA Primers
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- Denmark
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- Humans
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
- Restriction Mapping
- Seasons
- Vero Cells