Genetic variability among group A and B respiratory syncytial virus isolates from a large referral hospital in New Delhi, India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2311-2316

  Rajala, Maitreyi S ^a,d   Sullender, Wayne M ^b   Prasad, A K ^c   Dar, Lalit ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0038519657     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2311-2316.2003     Document Type: Article

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