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Antigenic and genomic diversity of central European respiratory syncytial virus strains

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Thirty-two RSV strains recovered during the winter months of 1987/88 to 1993/94 from hospitalized children in Vienna, Austria and Zagreb, Croatia were analysed for antigenic and genetic variations. Twenty-nine of the 32 isolates investigated belonged to group A and 3 to group B, with the majority of infections caused by subgroup Aff1 (21 of 29). Restriction endonuclease mapping of PCR products derived from parts of the N and G gene of 18 group A strains identified 3 distinct lineages, very similar to those defined by analysis of recurrent epidemics in Birmingham, United Kingdom during the same period. Results of this study povide further information on the global pattern of RSV and show that very similar viruses are present simultaneously in widely separated areas.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, A. Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia

    A. Lukic-Grlic & G. Mlinaric-Galinovic

  2. Department of Infection, The Medical School Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U. K., Croatia

    P. A. Cane & C. R. Pringle

  3. F. Mihaljevic Infectious Disease Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia

    A. Bace

  4. Institute of Virology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Austria

    T. Popow-Kraupp

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Received August 4, 1997 Accepted January 30, 1998

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Lukic-Grlic, A., Cane, P.A., Bace, A. et al. Antigenic and genomic diversity of central European respiratory syncytial virus strains. Arch. Virol. 143, 1441–1447 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050388

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