Open AccessMolecular Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Reinfections in Infants from Coastal Kenya
Author(s) -
Paul D. Scott,
Rachel Ochola,
Mwanajuma Ngama,
Emelda A. Okiro,
D. James Nokes,
Graham F. Medley,
Patricia A. Cane
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/498246
Subject(s) - virology , virus , biology , immunity , mononegavirales , pneumovirus , pneumovirinae , immunology , paramyxoviridae , viral disease , immune system
Individuals are reinfected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) repeatedly. The nature of reinfection, in relation to RSV genetic and antigenic diversity, is ill defined and has implications for persistence and vaccine control.
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