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prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus subgroups a and b in france from 1982 to 1990.a fluorescence antibody test with monoclonal antibodies was used to determine the subgroup (a or b) of respiratory syncytial virus from infants hospitalized in caen, france, over eight consecutive epidemics from 1982 to 1990. from 1982 to 1985, 27 (30%) out of 90 frozen nasal slides were classified as subgroup a strains and 63 (70%) were classified as subgroup b. b strains predominated over a in 1983-1984 and 1984-1985. from 1985 to 1990, 284 respiratory syncytial virus field strains were reisol ...19912064681
[human metapneumovirus].the human metapneumovirus (hmpv) is a new pneumovirinae related to the avian metapneumovirus type c. hmpv genome differs from human respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) genome by the gene order and the lack of nonstructural genes. two genetic sub-groups and four sub-types of hmpv are identified. hmpv infections evolve as regular winter outbreaks which have roughly the same size and overlaping rsv epidemics. among hospitalized children in caen, hmpv is detected in 9.7% of the cases after rsv (37%), ...200918515017
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