Molecular epidemiological analysis of community circulating respiratory syncytial virus in rural South Africa: Comparison of viruses and genotypes responsible for different disease manifestations

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 452-461

  Venter, M ^a   Collinson, M ^b   Schoub, B D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Genetic variability; Genotypes; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; SUBGROUP B;

EID: 0036836578     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10225     Document Type: Article

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