Genetic variability of group A human respiratory syncytial virus strains circulating in Germany from 1998 to 2007

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1800-1810

  Reiche, Janine ^a   Schweiger, Brunhilde ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NASAL CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 66749106880     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02286-08     Document Type: Article

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