Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus

KNA Pangesti, M Abd El Ghany… - Reviews in medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of viral acute respiratory tract infections in
young children. The virus is characterised by distinct seasonality that is dependent upon the …

Differential pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus clinical isolates in BALB/c mice

KL Stokes, MH Chi, K Sakamoto, DC Newcomb… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Airway mucus is a hallmark of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract illness.
Laboratory RSV strains differentially induce airway mucus production in mice. Here, we …

Ten years of global evolution of the human respiratory syncytial virus BA genotype with a 60-nucleotide duplication in the G protein gene

A Trento, I Casas, A Calderón… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emergence of natural isolates of human respiratory syncytial virus group B (HRSV-B)
with a 60-nucleotide (nt) duplication in the G protein gene in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in …

A prospective three-year cohort study of the epidemiology and virology of acute respiratory infections of children in rural India

S Broor, S Parveen, P Bharaj, VS Prasad… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is a major killer of children in developing
countries. Although the frequency of ARI is similar in both developed and developing …

Subgroup prevalence and genotype circulation patterns of human respiratory syncytial virus in Belgium during ten successive epidemic seasons

KT Zlateva, L Vijgen, N Dekeersmaeker… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the leading viral cause of severe respiratory
illness for infants and young children worldwide. Two major antigenic groups (A and B) of …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines—two steps back for one leap forward

UF Power - Journal of Clinical Virology, 2008 - Elsevier
Respiratory viruses are among the most important causes of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. From a vaccine viewpoint, such viruses may be divided into two principle groups …

Genetic relatedness of infecting and reinfecting respiratory syncytial virus strains identified in a birth cohort from rural Kenya

CN Agoti, AG Mwihuri, CJ Sande… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reinfects individuals repeatedly. The extent to
which this is a consequence of RSV antigenic diversity is unclear. Methods. Six-hundred …

Rapid replacement of human respiratory syncytial virus A with the ON1 genotype having 72 nucleotide duplication in G gene

YJ Kim, DW Kim, WJ Lee, MR Yun, HY Lee… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the main cause of severe respiratory illness in
young children and elderly people. We investigated the genetic characteristics of the …

Human respiratory syncytial virus in children with acute respiratory tract infections in China

RF Zhang, Y Jin, ZP Xie, N Liu, KL Yan… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
There are limited data on the prevalence and clinical and molecular characterization of
human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) in children with acute respiratory tract infections …

Co-circulation of 72bp duplication group A and 60bp duplication group B respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) strains in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during 2014

A Ahmed, SH Haider, S Parveen, M Arshad… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important viral pathogen of acute respiratory tract
infection (ARI). Limited data are available on molecular epidemiology of RSV from Saudi …