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Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus during the 2009–2010 season in Latvia

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For the first time, we studied molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized children in Latvia. During the study period, ten unique group A and three group B strains were identified and assigned to a single genotype within each group—GA2 for group A and BA-IV for group B.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Latvian grant 09.1604 from the Study and Science Administration and by the European Social Fund. The authors would like to thank O. Rasnacs (Riga Stradins University) for processing of clinical statistics and Dr. G. Storch (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA) for critical reading of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema 16, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia

    Reinis Balmaks, Irina Ribakova & Dace Gardovska

  2. Children’s Clinical University Hospital, Vienibas gatve 45, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia

    Reinis Balmaks, Irina Ribakova & Dace Gardovska

  3. Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Ratsupites 1, Riga, LV-1067, Latvia

    Andris Kazaks

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Balmaks, R., Ribakova, I., Gardovska, D. et al. Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus during the 2009–2010 season in Latvia. Arch Virol 158, 1089–1092 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-012-1586-2

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