A Contemporary View of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Biology and Strain-Specific Differences

Autor: Mansi C. Pandya, Sean M. Callahan, Kyryll G. Savchenko, Christopher C. Stobart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Pathogens, Vol 8, Iss 2, p 67 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-0817
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8020067
Popis: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a human respiratory pathogen which remains a leading viral cause of hospitalizations and mortality among infants in their first year of life. Here, we review the biology of RSV, the primary laboratory isolates or strains which have been used to best characterize the virus since its discovery in 1956, and discuss the implications for genetic and functional variations between the established laboratory strains and the recently identified clinical isolates.
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