Reclassification of respiratory syncytial virus genotypes in India.

ABSTRACT: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is known to be the major cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and in the elderly. RSV was recently reclassified and simplified into three genotypes of the RSV-A subgroup (GA1-GA3) and into seven genotypes of the RSV-B subgroup (GB1-GB7). This classification strategy was not implemented globally. This study intended to reclassify the sequences that were submitted in GenBank till September 2021 from India. The gene sequences of the ectodomain region, second hypervariable region (SHR), and the partial second hypervariable region (PSHR) of the G gene were selected for the analysis. 25 ectodomain, 36 s hypervariable, and 19 partial second hypervariable regions of the RSV-A subgroup and 42-ectodomain, 49-s hypervariable region and 11-partial se

SUBMITTER: Bandla SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050612 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature