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ANTIGENIC DIVERSITY OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS SUBGROUP-B STRAINS CIRCULATING DURING A COMMUNITY OUTBREAK OF INFECTION
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UNSPECIFIED. (1994) ANTIGENIC DIVERSITY OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS SUBGROUP-B STRAINS CIRCULATING DURING A COMMUNITY OUTBREAK OF INFECTION. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY, 42 (4). pp. 380-384. ISSN 0146-6615
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The epidemiological characteristics and relationship between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) subgroup and virulence during an outbreak of RSV infection occurring in Southeast Texas in the winter season 1991/92 are described. Fifty-two infants and children were diagnosed with RSV infection by rapid viral antigen detection and/or viral isolation. Subgrouping of the isolates was carried out using 11-monoclonal antibodies. Ten isolates were found to be subgroup B, and 8 isolates were subgroup A. The subgroup B strains showed 3 different patterns of reaction with monoclonal antibodies; one of these subgroups was examined further by restriction analysis of parts of its nucleocapsid and attachment protein genes. The peak of RSV outbreak was in December 1991. Both subtypes A and B circulated simultaneously in the same territory, and caused lower respiratory tract infections in similar proportions. The more frequent occurrence of the B subgroup and the diversity of its simultaneously circulated RSV strains have made this outbreak unusual. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR355 Virology |
| Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY |
| Publisher: | WILEY-LISS |
| ISSN: | 0146-6615 |
| Date: | April 1994 |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Number of Pages: | 5 |
| Page Range: | pp. 380-384 |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/20755 |
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