Phylogenetic patterns of human respiratory picornavirus species, including the newly identified group C rhinoviruses, during a 1-year surveillance of a hospitalized patient population in Italy.
Human rhinovirus species C (HRV-C) was the second most common HRV species detected in hospitalized patients in Italy with acute respiratory disease during a 1-year surveillance period. Sequencing of the picornavirus VP4/VP2 region allowed molecular typing of HRV-A and HRV-B and provisional typing of HRV-C.
S.S. Virologia Molecolare, S.C. Virologia e Microbiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy. segreteria.virologia@smatteo.pv.it
Antonio
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Piralla
Fausto
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Baldanti
Giuseppe
G
Gerna
D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012367:RNA, Viral