Genetic and antigenic variability of human respiratory syncytial virus (groups A and B) isolated over seven consecutive seasons in Argentina (1995 to 2001)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2266-2273

  Galiano, Monica C ^a   Palomo, Concepcion ^b   Videla, Cristina M ^a   Arbiza, Juan ^c   Melero, José A ^b   Carballal, Guadalupe ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Virologia Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL LINE; CODON USAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; G GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HYDRANGEA RINGSPOT VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 18544376407     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2266-2273.2005     Document Type: Article

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