Successive respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in local populations arise from multiple variant introductions, providing insights into virus persistence

Journal of Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 11630-11642

  Agoti, Charles N ^a,b   Otieno, James R ^a   Ngama, Mwanajuma ^a   Mwihuri, Alexander G ^a   Medley, Graham F ^c   Cane, Patricia A ^d   Nokes, D James ^a,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b PWANI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 84945897034     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01972-15     Document Type: Article

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