Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-21-2019

Publication Title

Pathogens

First Page

1

Last Page

15

DOI

10.3390/pathogens8020067

Additional Publication URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/8/2/67

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a human respiratory pathogen which remains a leading viral cause of hospitalizations and mortality among infants in their first year of life. Here, we review the biology of RSV, the primary laboratory isolates or strains which have been used to best characterize the virus since its discovery in 1956, and discuss the implications for genetic and functional variations between the established laboratory strains and the recently identified clinical isolates.

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Originally published by Pathogens under a Creative Commons 4.0 in Pathogens, 2019, Volume 8, Issue 67. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8020067.

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