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

Reinis Balmaks, Irina Ribakova, Dace Gardovska, Andris Kazaks

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

Archives of virology 2013 May

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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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Reinis Balmaks, Irina Ribakova, Dace Gardovska, Andris Kazaks. Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus during the 2009-2010 season in Latvia. Archives of virology. 2013 May;158(5):1089-92