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SUBMITTER: Do LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405522 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of virological methods 20111119 1
Improved diagnostic tools for rapid detection, quantitation, and subgrouping of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are needed to aid the development and evaluation of novel intervention strategies. A quantitative real-time RT-PCR using specific locked nucleic acid (LNA) probes was developed to identify RSV and to distinguish RSV subgroups A and B (RSV LNA assay). RSV subgroup diversity and the relationship between viral load and disease severity in confirmed RSV infections were also explore ...[more]