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SUBMITTER: Papenburg J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3310097 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Emerging infectious diseases 20120101 1
To assess molecular evolution of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion gene, we analyzed RSV-positive specimens from 123 children in Canada who did or did not receive RSV immunoprophylaxis (palivizumab) during 2006-2010. Resistance-conferring mutations within the palivizumab binding site occurred in 8.7% of palivizumab recipients and none of the nonrecipients. ...[more]