Characteristics and Their Clinical Relevance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Types and Genotypes Circulating in Northern Italy in Five Consecutive Winter Seasons.

In order to investigate the genetic diversity and patterns of the co-circulating genotypes of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and their possible relationships with the severity of RSV infection, we studied all of the RSV-positive nasopharyngeal samples collected from children during five consecuti...

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Main Authors: Susanna Esposito, Antonio Piralla, Alberto Zampiero, Sonia Bianchini, Giada Di Pietro, Alessia Scala, Raffaella Pinzani, Emilio Fossali, Fausto Baldanti, Nicola Principi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4457818?pdf=render