Association of disease severity and genetic variation during primary Respiratory Syncytial Virus infections

• Main Authors: William Bender (Author), Yun Zhang (Author), Anthony Corbett (Author), Chinyi Chu (Author), Alexander Grier (Author), Lu Wang (Author), Xing Qiu (Author), Matthew N. McCall (Author), David J. Topham (Author), Edward E. Walsh (Author), Thomas J. Mariani (Author), Richard Scheuermann (Author), Mary T. Caserta (Author), Christopher S. Anderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) disease in young children ranges from mild cold symptoms to severe symptoms that require hospitalization and sometimes result in death. Studies have shown a statistical association between RSV subtype or phylogenic lineage and RSV disease severit...