| antigenic and genomic diversity of central european respiratory syncytial virus strains. | 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 a1 (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 ... | 1998 | 9722887 |
| the biennial cycle of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in croatia. | the paper analyses the epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) outbreaks in children in croatia. over a period of 11 consecutive winter seasons (1994-2005) 3,435 inpatients from zagreb county aged from infancy to 10 years who were hospitalised with acute respiratory tract infections were tested for rsv-infection. rsv was identified in nasopharyngeal secretions of patients by virus isolation in cell culture and by detection of viral antigen with monoclonal antibodies. in the zagreb ... | 2008 | 18226194 |
| a study of the genetic variability of human respiratory syncytial virus in croatia, 2006-2008. | human respiratory syncytial virus (hrsv) is a common etiological agent of acute lower respiratory tract disease in infants. the molecular epidemiology of hrsv in croatia over four consecutive seasons (from 2006 to 2008) was investigated. a total of 72 hrsv samples were chosen from 696 screened cases in a pediatric clinic in zagreb. molecular characterization of hrsv revealed the predominance of hrsv group b viruses in the first two epidemic seasons and hrsv group a viruses in the next two season ... | 2012 | 23080507 |